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]
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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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Plot
editTen 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
editOperation 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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