Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) 44 years old

In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.

Credits

Mimsy Farmer as Annie

Giuliano Gemma as Adjudant-chef Federico

Jacques Perrin as L'ambassadeur Berthier

Robert Etcheverry as Le colonel Dubourg

Bruno Cremer as Pierre Delbart

Jean-Claude Bouillon as Maurois

Operation Leopard Cast

Name	Character
Mimsy Farmer She was 34, now 79 years old	as Annie
Giuliano Gemma He was 41, 75 years old when he died	as Adjudant-chef Federico
Jacques Perrin He was 38, now 83 years old	as L'ambassadeur Berthier
Robert Etcheverry He was 42, 70 years old when he died	as Le colonel Dubourg
Bruno Cremer He was 50, 80 years old when he died	as Pierre Delbart
Jean-Claude Bouillon He was 38, 75 years old when he died	as Maurois
Pierre Vaneck He was 48, 78 years old when he died	as Colonel Grasser
Laurent Malet He was 24, now 69 years old	as Damrémont

Operation Leopard Crew

Name	Department
Raoul Coutard as Director. He was 55 (92) years old when He died	Directing
André G. Brunelin as Writer.	Writing

Operation Leopard (44 years)

Release day: Wednesday, January 09, 1980
Runtime: 96 minutes