From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu

From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu (Vietnamese: Từ Sài Gòn tới Điện Biên Phủ) All quiet on the Saigon front or Saigon out of war () is a 1967 Vietnamese 35mm Eastmancolor film directed by Lê Mộng Hoàng.

Plot

The Joint Chiefs of Staff want to send some ARVNSF troops to North's Điện Biên Phủ for the Dien Bien Phu Operation. But all have been caught or killed by Chinese spies as Kiều Loan (Kiều Chinh), except Major Ngọc Minh (Lê Quỳnh).

Production

The locations are Saigon, Hong Kong and Taipei in 1967.

Art

• Studio: Mỹ Vân Films, Asia Motion Pictures Company
• Print:
• Scan: Spectra Films Studio
• Executive producer: LÆ°u Trạch HÆ°ng
• Producer: Quốc Phong, Nguyễn Tăng Hồng
• Director: Lê Mộng Hoàng
• Writer: Quốc Phong
• Secretary: LÆ°u Trạch Quang
• Cinematography: Châu Tùng
• Editor: Tăng Thiên Tài
• Composer: Nghiêm Phú Phi

Cast

Vietnam

• Lê Quỳnh as Major Ngọc Minh
• Kiều Chinh as Kiều Loan
• Thẩm Thúy Hằng as Lệ Hằng
• Đoàn Châu Mậu as Colonel Lâm
• Hoàng VÄ©nh Lộc
• Khả Năng
• Lê Khanh
• Ngọc Phu
• Trần Khánh
• PhÆ°Æ¡ng Dung

Taiwan

• Chen Yang as Manager Nhân
• Yu Tian
• Yen Chung

Hong Kong

• You Ming
• Cheng Hou
• Lily Chen Ching

and Air Vietnam staff members.

See also

• The Quiet American
• Number Ten Blues

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