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Overview
Le Bataillon du ciel is a French war film first released in 1947,
directed by Alexander Esway.
The film stars Pierre Blanchar, Raymond Bussières, René Lefèvre, Jean Wall and Christian Bertola.
It has also been released under the title: They Are Not Angels.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
Spring, 1944: a decisive moment in the Second World War. Colonel
Rouvier, an old fighter who lost his arm in combat in Tunisia, is put
in charge of training a parachute regiment of the French Free Forces in
England. After a period of intensive training, the first wave of
soldiers land in Brittany to prepare for the arrival of General
Patton’s armies...
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