Movie: The Anderson Platoon

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Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer

narrator

Joseph B. Anderson
Joseph B. Anderson

self

Stuart Whitman
Stuart Whitman

narrator (English)

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    A documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War. Winner of the 1968 Academy Award for best Documentary Feature.

  • Release Date

    1967-02-03

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    6.725

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
  • Tagline

    No editorials, no opinions . . . just the real story of the brutal Vietnam War.

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    EnglishFrançaisTiếng Việt
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