Operation Nam Explained

Operation Nam
Director:	Fabrizio De Angelis
Screenplay:	Erwin C. Dietrich Vincenzo Mannino Gianfranco Clerici Fabrizio De Angelis
Producer:	Erwin C. Dietrich Fabrizio De Angelis^[1]
Starring:	Oliver Tobias Christopher Connelly Manfred Lehmann John Steiner
Cinematography:	Sergio Salvati Sergio d'Offizi
Editing:	Alberto Moriani Eugenio Alabiso
Music:	Francesco de Masi
Production Companies:	Ascot Film GmbH Fulvia International Film S.r.l.
Distributors:	-->
Runtime:	89 minutes
Country:	West Germany Italy

Operation Nam (it|'''Cobra Mission''', de|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.Book: Fischer Film Almanach 1989. 3-596-24486-2. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. German. 1989. 72.

Plot

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

• 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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Die Rückkehr der Wildgänse. Filmportal.de. February 13, 2019. German.