Operation Leopard
| La légion saute sur Kolwezi | |
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| Directed by | Raoul Coutard |
| Written by | André-Georges Brunelin |
| Based on | La légion saute sur Kolwezi by Pierre Sergent |
| Produced by | Gérard Beytout Georges de Beauregard |
| Starring | Bruno Cremer Mimsy Farmer Giuliano Gemma |
| Cinematography | Georges Liron |
| Edited by | Michel Lewin |
| Music by | Serge Franklin |
| Distributed by | BELA – FR3 Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
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.