Summary A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times... View more details
Directed : Jean Dréville Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh
Written : Charles Spaak Konstantin Simonov Elsa Triolet
Stars : Pierre Trabaud Roland Ménard Giani Esposito Gérard Darrieu
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Feb 25, 1960
Countries of origin : France Soviet Union
Language : Russian French
Filming locations : Studios de la Victorine - 16 avenue Edoard Grinda, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Production companies : Mosfilm Franco London Films Les Films Alkam
Summary A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times... View more details
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Feb 25, 1960
Countries of origin : France Soviet Union
Language : Russian French
Filming locations : Studios de la Victorine - 16 avenue Edoard Grinda, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Production companies : Mosfilm Franco London Films Les Films Alkam
