From Saigon to Dienbien Fu
From Saigon to Dienbien Fu[1][2] (Vietnamese: Từ Sàigòn tới Điệnbiên Fủ) or Saigon out of war (Chinese: 西貢無戰事) is a 1970 Vietnamese 35mm Eastmancolor film directed by Lê Mộng Hoàng.
| From Saigon to Dienbien Fu Từ Sàigòn tới Điệnbiên Fủ | |
|---|---|
 Film poster. | |
| Directed by | Lê Mộng Hoàng |
| Produced by | Quốc Phong Nguyễn Tăng Hồng |
| Screenplay by | Quốc Phong |
| Starring | Lê Quỳnh Thẩm Thúy Hằng Kiều Chinh Đoàn Châu Mậu Lily Chen Ching |
| Music by | Nghiêm Phú Phi |
| Cinematography | Châu Tùng |
| Edited by | Tăng Thiên Tài |
Production companies | Mỹ Vân Films |
| Distributed by | Mỹ Vân Films |
Release date | 1970 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country |  Republic of Vietnam |
| Language | Vietnamese Chinese (sub.) English (sub.) French (sub.) |
Plot
The Joint Chiefs of Staff want to send some ARVNSF troops to North's Điệnbiên Fủ for the Dienbien-Fu Operation. But all have been caught or killed by Chinese spies as Kiều Loan (Kiều Chinh), except Major Ngọc Minh (Lê Quỳnh).
To go on a very important mission. This is our last chance to wipe out all the Chinese spies in Southeast Asia.
(Trong một chuyến đi công-tác vô-cùng trọng-đại. Đây là trận đấu quyết-liệt cuối-cùng của chúng-ta với bọn gián-điệp Trung-Cộng ở Đông-Nam-Á.)— Đoàn Châu Mậu as the Agent Captain.
Production
The locations are Saigon, Hong Kong and Taipei in 1970.
Art
- Studio: Mỹ Vân Films (Mỹ-Vân Điện-ảnh Công-ti)
- Print: National Cinema Centre (Trung-tâm Quốc-gia Điện-ảnh)
- Scan: Spectra Films Studio
- Executive producer: Lưu Trạch Hưng
- Producer: Quốc Phong, Nguyễn Tăng Hồng
- Director: Lê Mộng Hoàng
- Writer: Quốc Phong
- Secretary: Lưu Trạch Quang
- Cinematography: Châu Tùng
- Editor: Tăng Thiên Tài
- Composer: Nghiêm Phú Phi
Cast
- Lê Quỳnh ... Major Ngọc Minh
- Kiều Chinh ... Kiều Loan
- Thẩm Thúy Hằng[3]
- Đoàn Châu Mậu ... Colonel Lâm
- Hoàng Vĩnh Lộc
- Khả Năng
- Lê Khanh
- Ngọc Phu
- Trần Khánh
- Phương Dung
- You Ming
- Cheng Hou
- Lily Chen Ching
and Air Vietnam staff members.
Broadcast
The movie was released in 1970 with Chinese, English and French subtitles.
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References
- 西貢無戰事
- Lê Quang Thanh Tâm, Pre-1975 South Vietnamese Cinema, HochiMinh City Culture and Art Publishing House, Saigon, 2015.
- Tony Williams, John Woo's Bullet in the Head (The New Hong Kong Cinema), Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, May 2009.
- From Saigon to Dienbien Fu
- RVN Cinema: Sublimation in the difficulty
- 半世紀前的台灣「舊」南向，是星光燦爛的藝文往事