The Anderson Platoon (1967)
3.6 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 5min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- This Academy Award-winning documentary is an intense, honest, and often terrifying look into the life of an Army platoon as they drag themselves through the rivers, marshes, and jungles of Vietnam. Led by West Point Graduate Lt. Joseph B. Anderson, we learn the background and fate of each soldier in the Anderson Platoon. Armed with a hand held camera, director Pierre Schoendoerffer (himself a veteran of the Indochina war) returns to the front line to capture these original and vivid images of a soldiers' life in Vietnam.
- Actors:
- Stuart Whitman
- Directors:
- Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Writers:
- Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Aka:
- La section Anderson
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Countries:
- France
- Awards:
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