Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed (2012) on Netflix
In August 1944, the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team drops into southern France under German fire. Corporals James Rossi and Harland 'Bud' Curtis land apart from the rest.
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Plot summary
In the summer of 1944, Allied troops move into southern France, held by the German army. German officer Erich Neumann has two French men shot. Before first light on August 15, paratroopers of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team jump into Provence and come under German fire. Corporals James Rossi and Harland 'Bud' Curtis land apart from the others. A German patrol finds Curtis, who surrenders. Rossi uses a grenade to draw the patrol off, kills the Germans and pulls Curtis free. The pair set out for their intended landing area and shelter in an abandoned building, where Sergeant Caleb Jones, Curtis's squad leader, catches up with them. As they work their way toward Les Arcs, the three agree to help free captured Resistance fighters.
Cast
- Virginie Fourtina Andersonas Emilie
- Loic Anthianas Phillipe (as Loïc Anthian)
- Lance Ottoas Jacques
- Trever Andersonas Firing Squad Leader
- Ryan Galeas Young Partisan
- Hyrum Palmeras Schmidt
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film was shot in Utah on a tight budget, saving money by using volunteer World War II reenactors as some of the actors and extras.
SPOILER
Director Ryan Little and his producer Adam Abel struggled with the idea of a sequel because nearly all of the main characters died in the first Saints and Soldiers, but the popularity of that film convinced them to make one anyway.- The story was inspired by L. Vaughn Curtis's book Letters Home: A Paratrooper's Story, based on the experience and letters of Curtis's father Harland "Bud" Curtis, and adapted from Little's short film The Last Good War, for which he won a Student Emmy award.
