Operation Nam

Operation Nam
Operation Nam
Directed by	Fabrizio De Angelis
Screenplay by	Erwin C. Dietrich; Vincenzo Mannino; Gianfranco Clerici; Fabrizio De Angelis;
Produced by	Erwin C. Dietrich; Fabrizio De Angelis;
Starring	Oliver Tobias; Christopher Connelly; Manfred Lehmann; John Steiner;
Cinematography	Sergio Salvati; Sergio d'Offizi;
Edited by	; Alberto Moriani; Eugenio Alabiso;
Music by	Francesco de Masi
Production; companies	Ascot Film GmbH; Fulvia International Film S.r.l.;
Release date	31 July 1986 (West Germany);
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	West Germany; Italy;

Operation Nam (Italian: Cobra Mission, German: Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse) is a 1986 Italian-German war film written and directed by Fabrizio De Angelis (credited as Larry Ludman). It had a sequel, Cobra Mission 2, released in 1988.^[2]

Plot[edit]

Ten years after the end of the Vietnam War, three American veterans who have never resigned themselves to defeat decided to organize a mission to return to Indochina. Their goal is to liberate the "missing in action", i.e. all those fellow soldiers taken prisoner by the Viet Cong and never let go.

Cast[edit]

Oliver Tobias as Richard Wagner
Christopher Connelly as Roger Carson
Manfred Lehmann as Mark Adams
John Steiner as James Walcott
Ethan Wayne as Mike
Donald Pleasence as Father Lenoir
Gordon Mitchell as Col. Mortimer
Luciano Pigozzi as Phil Lawson's Father
Enzo G. Castellari as Major Morris
Thomas Moore

Release[edit]

Operation Nam was released in West Germany as Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse on July 31, 1986.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ Fischer Film Almanach 1989 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. 1989. p. 72. ISBN 3-596-24486-2.

External links[edit]

Operation Nam at IMDb

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[filmportal-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[2] Fischer Film Almanach 1989 (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. 1989. p. 72. ISBN 3-596-24486-2.

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v t e Fabrizio De Angelis
Films directed	Thunder Warrior (1983) Impatto mortale (1984) Man Hunt (1985) Formula for a Murder (1985) Operation Nam (1986) Karate Warrior (1987) Colpo di Stato (1987) Thunder Warrior II (1987) Il ragazzo dal kimono d'oro 2 (1988) Killer Crocodile (1989)
Films produced	Violent Naples (1976) Emanuelle Around the World (1977) Zombi 2 (1979) The Beyond (1981) The House by the Cemetery (1981) The New York Ripper (1982) Manhattan Baby (1982) 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) The New Barbarians (1983) Paganini Horror (1989) Killer Crocodile 2 (1990)