Lost Command

A French paratrooper and his men go from defeat in 1950s Vietnam to honor in Algeria.

Release Date: 2002-06-25, Rating Unrated,

DVDs. Lost Command

This action-packed war film follows the adventures of a group of paratroopers in the French army. Leading the soldiers is Pierre Raspeguy Anthony Quinn a tough peasant who has risen through the ranks to become a lieutenant colonel. The troop first heads off to Indochina where French forces suffer a big defeat at Dien Bien Phu. Soon the men are sent off to Algeria whose citizens are waging a fierce guerrilla war against French rule. Not all of the servicemen however support their country's decisions -- including Algerian-born Mahidi George Segal who deserts his comrades after his parents are murdered during the fighting.

Lost Command (widescreen) (restored / Remastered) - Dvd - Hector Quiroga,burt Kwouk,simino,gordo n Heath,robert Sutton,rene Havard,mario De Barros,howard Hagan,armand Mestral,walter Kelly,marie Burke,al Mulock,aldo Sambrell,emilio Carrer,andres Monreal,felix De Pomes,georges Rigaud,claudia Cardinale, gregoire Aslan,jean Servais,anthony Quinn,alain Delon,george Segal,michle Morgan,maurice Ronet,mark Robson - Culture Clash,foreign Legion,great Battles

War Adventure DVD - In this wartime melodrama, Lieutenant Colonel Raspeguy (Anthony Quinn) is a French peasant who has worked his way up the military ladder during the French involvement in Indochina. Sent to Algeria, Raspeguy must mold a group of raw recruits into a competent fighting unit. He calls on Esclavier (Alain Delon), his sensitive assistant who eventually deserts the military out of frustration over the pointlessness of war. Raspeguy's other assistant is Boisfeuras (Maurice Ronet), the affable officer whose outside demeanor hides the heart of a vicious killer who loves the bloodlust of battle. Raspeguy takes up with Countess De Clairefons (Michele Morgan), the widow of a respected general. She promises Raspeguy she will marry him if he comes back from the conflict as a general. - The Lost Command (DVD)