--- title: 'Operation Leopard (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Raoul Coutard' released: '1980-01-01' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-leopard-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079497/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Operation Leopard (1980) 1980 · 96 min · Drama · France Original title: La légion saute sur Kolwezi ## Synopsis La légion saute sur Kolwezi, also known as Operation Leopard, is a French war film directed by Raoul Coutard and filmed in French Guiana. The script is based on the true story of the Battle of Kolwezi that happened in 1978. It was diligently described in a book of the same name by former 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment Captain Pierre Sergent. He published his book in 1979, and the film came out in 1980. Coutard shot the film in a documentary style. ## Credits - **Director:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard) - **Screenplay:** [André-Georges Brunelin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-georges-brunelin) - **Producer:** [Georges de Beauregard](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-de-beauregard) ## Cast - [Yan Brian](https://cinepixo.com/people/yan-brian) - [Robert Etcheverry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-etcheverry) - [Jean Le Mouël](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-le-mouel) - [Laurent Malet](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-malet) - [Jean Seberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-seberg) - [Pierre Vaneck](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-vaneck) - [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin) - [Giuliano Gemma](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuliano-gemma) - [Bruno Cremer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-cremer) - [Jean-Claude Bouillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-bouillon) - [Henri Marteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-marteau) - [Mimsy Farmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimsy-farmer) - [Hervé Jolly](https://cinepixo.com/people/herve-jolly) - [Pierre Rousseau](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-rousseau) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-leopard-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3214091); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.