Gerard Depardieu plans film on Normandie-Niemen fighter squadron

French actor Gerard Depardieu is planning to make a movie about the Normandie-Nieman fighter squadron, a French unit which fought over the Eastern Front during the Second World War.

By unkrown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

“The project Normandie-Nieman will be based on the testimonies of people participating in those events, including General de Gaulle, who described it in his memoirs,” he told Belarussian state TV.

Source: Gerard Depardieu plans film on Normandie-Niemen fighter squadron