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| starring = Bruno Cremer Mimsy Farmer Giuliano Gemma | music = Serge Franklin | cinematography = Georges Liron | editing = Michel Lewin | distributor = BELA – FR3 Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) | released = | runtime = 96 minutes | country = France | awards = | language = French | budget = }} ''La légion saute sur Kolwezi'' also known as ''Operation Leopard'' is a French war film directed by Raoul Coutard 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〔SERGENT Pierre, ''La légion saute sur Kolwezi : opération léopard'', Presses de la Cité, Paris, 1979, Collection Troupes de choc (n° 17), 240 p., 24x15x2 cm, ISBN 2-258-00426-8〕 by former 1 REP Captain Pierre Sergent. He published his book in 1979; the film came out in 1980. Raoul Coutard shot the film in a documentary style. == Synopsis == The film is based on true events: In 1978 approximately 3000 heavily armed fighters from Katanga crossed the border to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and marched into Kolwezi, a mining centre for copper and cobalt. They took 3000 civilians as hostages. Within a few days between 90 and 280 hostages were killed. The rebels appeared to be unpredictable and are reported to have threatened to annihilate all civilians. The Congo's head of state Mobutu urged Belgium, France and the USA to help. France sent the Foreign Legion's 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment who were flown from Corsica to Kolwezi. Following their arrival they secured the perimeter in cooperation with Belgian soldiers from Zaire and then started to evacuate the civilists. Within two days more than 2000 Europeans and about 3000 African citizens were saved. The film strives to depict these events in a dramatised form, concentrating on the Europeans' plight. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Leopard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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