
Original title
Normandie - Niémen
Released
2/24/1960
Origin country
FR, SU
Genre
Drama, War
Production companies
Mosfilm, Franco London Films, Les Films Alkam
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
2hr 0min
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...
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