Operation Nam
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Directed by | Fabrizio De Angelis |
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Music by | Francesco de Masi[1] |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
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Operation Nam (Italian: Cobra Mission, German: Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse) is a 1986 Italian-German war film written and directed by Fabrizio De Angelis (credited as Larry Ludman). It had a sequel, Cobra Mission 2, released in 1988.[2]
Plot
[edit]Ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, three American veterans who have never resigned themselves to defeat decided to organize a mission to return to Indochina. Their goal is to liberate the "missing in action", i.e. all those fellow soldiers taken prisoner by the Viet Cong and never let go.
Cast
[edit]- Oliver Tobias as Richard Wagner
- Christopher Connelly as Roger Carson
- Manfred Lehmann as Mark Adams
- John Steiner as James Walcott
- Ethan Wayne as Mike
- Donald Pleasence as Father Lenoir
- Gordon Mitchell as Col. Mortimer
- Luciano Pigozzi as Phil Lawson's Father
- Enzo G. Castellari as Major Morris
- Thomas Moore
Release
[edit]Operation Nam was released in West Germany as Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse on July 31, 1986.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ Fischer Film Almanach 1989 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. 1989. p. 72. ISBN 3-596-24486-2.
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