List of First Indochina War films
Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of First Indochina War. This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3]
1940s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | United States | Rogues' Regiment | Robert Florey | Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, War. |
1950s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | United States | A Yank in Indo-China | Wallace Grissell | Action, Adventure, History, Romance, War. | |
| 1955 | United States | Jump into Hell | David Butler | Drama, War. Battle of Dien Bien Phu | |
| 1955 | Poland | The Atlantic Tale | Opowieść atlantycka | Wanda Jakubowska | Drama. Based on a novel Wał atlantycki. |
| 1955 | France | Rendez-vous of the Docks | Le Rendez-vous des quais | Paul Carpita | Drama. Strikes of 1949-1950 against the Indochina War |
| 1956 | Vietnam | We want to live | Chúng tôi muốn sống | Vĩnh Noãn Manuel Conde |
Drama. Land reform in North Vietnam, Vietnamese boat people, Operation Passage to Freedom. |
| 1957 | United States | China Gate | Samuel Fuller | Action, Drama, War. | |
| 1957 | France | Fugitive in Saigon | Mort en fraude | Marcel Camus | Drama, War. Based on a novel Mort en fraude. |
| 1957 | France | The River of Three Junks | La rivière des trois jonques | André Pergament | Adventure. Based on a novel Les Gentlemen de Hong Kong. |
| 1957 | France | Shock Patrol | Patrouille de choc | Claude Bernard-Aubert | Drama, War. |
| 1958 | United States | The Quiet American | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Drama, Romance, Thriller, War. Based on a novel The Quiet American. | |
| 1958 | East Germany | Bat squadron | Geschwader Fledermaus | Erich Engel | Drama, War. Based on the play Geschwader Fledermaus. Civil Air Transport |
| 1958 | Czechoslovakia | The Black Battalion | Cerný prapor | Vladimír Čech | Drama. |
| 1959 | United States | Five Gates to Hell | James Clavell | Adventure, Drama, War. |
1960s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | North Vietnam | A Phu and His Wife | Vợ chồng A Phủ | Mai Lộc Hoàng Thái |
Drama, Romance, War. |
| 1962 | North Vietnam | Mrs. Tu Hau | Chị Tư Hậu | Phạm Kỳ Nam Trần Thiện Liêm |
Drama, War. Based on the script Một chuyện chép ở bệnh viện. |
| 1963 | France Italy |
Fort du Fou | Léo Joannon | Drama, War. | |
| 1964 | France Italy Spain |
Pariahs of Glory | Les Parias de la gloire | Henri Decoin | Drama, War. |
| 1964 | North Vietnam | Young Soldier | Người chiến sĩ trẻ | Hải Ninh | Drama, War. |
| 1965 | France Spain |
The 317th Platoon | La 317ème section | Pierre Schoendoerffer | War. Based on a novel La 317e section. Battle of Dien Bien Phu |
| 1966 | United States | Lost Command | Mark Robson | Action, Drama, War. Based on a novel The Centurions. Battle of Dien Bien Phu | |
| 1966 | France | The Postman Goes to War | Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre | Claude Bernard-Aubert | Drama, War. Based on a novel Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre. |
1970s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | France | Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-tambour | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Adventure, Drama, War. Based on a novel Le Crabe-Tambour. Pierre Guillaume |
1980s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | France | Charlie Bravo | Claude Bernard-Aubert | Adventure, War. | |
| 1983 | Vietnam France |
Dust of Empire | Poussière d'empire | Lam Lê | Drama. |
| 1988 | East Germany Vietnam |
Jungle time | Dschungelzeit Những mảnh đời rừng |
Jörg Foth Trần Vũ |
War. |
1990s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Soviet Union Germany |
The Parrot Speaking Yiddish | Попугай, говорящий на идиш | Efraim Sevela | Adventure, Comedy. Based on a novel Mama. |
| 1992 | France | Dien Bien Phu | Diên Biên Phu | Pierre Schoendoerffer | Drama, War. Battle of Dien Bien Phu. |
| 1997 | Vietnam | Hanoi winter 1946 | Hà Nội mùa đông năm 46 | Đặng Nhật Minh Phạm Nhuệ Giang Nguyễn Hữu Mười Thái Ninh |
Drama. Ho Chi Minh |
| 1998 | Algeria Vietnam |
Lotus flower | Fleur de lotus Bông sen |
Amar Laskri Trần Đắc |
2000s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | United Kingdom Germany United States Vietnam France |
The Quiet American | Phillip Noyce | Drama, Romance, Thriller, War. Based on a novel The Quiet American. | |
| 2002 | United States France Germany United Kingdom |
We Were Soldiers | Randall Wallace | Action, Drama, History, War. Battle of Mang Yang Pass, Nguyễn Hữu An | |
| 2004 | Vietnam | Memories of Dien Bien | Ký ức Điện Biên | Đỗ Minh Tuấn | Drama, Romance, War. Battle of Dien Bien Phu |
| 2006 | Vietnam | The White Silk Dress | Áo lụa Hà Đông | Luu Huynh | Drama. |
2010s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Vietnam | Living with history | Sống cùng lịch sử | Nguyễn Thanh Vân | History. Battle of Dien Bien Phu |
| 2017 | France | Red Sky | Ciel Rouge | Olivier Lorelle | Drama, War. |
| 2018 | France | To the Ends of the World | Les Confins du Monde | Guillaume Nicloux | Drama, War. |
2020s
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Vietnam | Peach, Pho and Piano | Đào, phở và piano | Phi Tiến Sơn | Drama, Romance, War. Battle of Hanoi |
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative titles) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Battles, campaigns, events depicted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Poland Soviet Union |
Curse of Snakes Valley | Klątwa doliny węży | Marek Piestrak | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Based on a short story The Hobby of Dr. Traven. |
| 2016 | Vietnam South Korea |
The Housemaid | Cô Hầu Gái | Derek Nguyen | Horror, Romance. |
Television films
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | France | White Soldier | Soldat blanc | Erick Zonca | Drama, War. |
TV series
| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Vietnam | Red flower | Hoa ban đỏ | Bạch Diệp Trần Quốc Trọng Phạm Huyền |
Battle of Dien Bien Phu |
| 1996 | Vietnam | Live forever with the capital | Sống mãi với thủ đô | Lê Đức Tiến Nguyễn Thế Vĩnh |
Based on a novel Sống mãi với thủ đô and the play Lũy hoa. |
| 1997 | Vietnam | Alluvial roads | Những nẻo đường phù sa | Châu Huế Trần Ngọc Phong |
|
| 2006 | Vietnam | Under the flag of justice | Dưới cờ đại nghĩa | Nguyễn Tường Phương Lê Phương Nam |
Based on a novel Người Bình Xuyên. |
| 2011 | France | Saigon, the summer of our 20s | Saïgon, l'été de nos 20 ans | Philippe Venault | History. |
| 2014 | Vietnam | Road to Dien Bien | Đường lên Điện Biên | Bui Tuan Dung | War. Based on a novels Đường lên Tây Bắc, Đại đội trưởng của tôi. |
References
- ^ Robic-Diaz, Delphine. "La Guerre d'Indochine a-t-elle été oubliée par le cinéma français ?". GIS Asie - French Academic Network on Asian Studies.
- ^ Robic-Diaz, Delphine (2015). "La guerre d'Indochine dans le cinéma français". OpenEdition Books.
- ^ Eades, Caroline. "Les guerres d'Indochine et du Vietnam". Chemins de mémoire, Ministère des Armées.