Acting
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Born — Died
1911-08-25 — 2013-10-04
Place of birth
Lệ Thủy, Vietnam
Known for
Acting
Credits
9 titles
Võ Nguyên Giáp (25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general in the Vietnam People's Army and a politician. Giap is considered one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century. He first grew to prominence during World War II, where he served as the military leader of the Viet Minh resistance against the Japanese occupation of Vietnam. Giap was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War (1946–54) and the Vietnam War (1960–75), participating in several historically significant battles: Lạng Sơn (1950), Hòa Bình (1951–52), Điện Biên Phủ (1954), the Tết Offensive (1968), the Easter Offensive (1972), and the final Ho Chi Minh Campaign (1975). His leadersh…
Known for
8.2An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
The Vietnam War
2017
8.7The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.
Decolonisation
2020
8.0Chris Marker’s A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and beyond, reflecting on the ideals, failures, and fading hopes of a generation.
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
NROver the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s independence wars, a number of times. She was the first American who entered the home of the “Red Napoleon”. The fruit of this friendship is a film, personal and politically involved at the same time. Travelling across the country and talking to important figures as well as ordinary people, the director finds out more about her roots and offers the audience a unique perspective on Vietnam’s present and past.
The General And Me
2017
A documentary film promoting the life and career of Ho Chi Minh on the 100th anniversary of his birth (1890-1990) through a series of interviews with his contemporaries including Phạm Văn Đồng, Võ Nguyên Giáp and Nguyễn Văn Linh. One of the highly acclaimed films about Ho Chi Minh, this is often broadcast by Vietnam Television on the occasion of his birthday (May 19) or death anniversary (September 2).
Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A Man
1990
1979 Soviet film criticizing the internal situation and expansionist policies of post-Mao China
Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire
1979
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
A documentary film promoting the life and career of Ho Chi Minh on the 100th anniversary of his birth (1890-1990) through a series of interviews with his contemporaries including Phạm Văn Đồng, Võ Nguyên Giáp and Nguyễn Văn Linh. One of the highly acclaimed films about Ho Chi Minh, this is often broadcast by Vietnam Television on the occasion of his birthday (May 19) or death anniversary (September 2).
Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A Man
1990
8.0In 1988, a Vietnamese-American woman returns to her homeland for the first time since childhood against the wishes of her anti-communist father and the US trade embargo.
From Hollywood to Hanoi
1993
1970s · 4 titles
8.0Chris Marker’s A Grin Without a Cat is an epic political essay tracing the rise and decline of the global left from the 1960s to the 1970s. Through archival footage and commentary, the film examines revolutionary movements in France, Latin America, and beyond, reflecting on the ideals, failures, and fading hopes of a generation.
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
1979 Soviet film criticizing the internal situation and expansionist policies of post-Mao China
Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire
1979
The film documents Ho Chi Minh's life with unique film material. It is not a portrait of a private man, but a documentation of the theory and practice that Ho Chi Minh developed and which led to the construction of socialism in North Vietnam. General Giap and Prime Minister Pham Van Dong are also interviewed.
Hommage à Ho Chi Minh
1970
Soviet documentary on Beijing's anti-Vietnam policies before the 1979 border war
Beijing's Cards
1979
Series credits
8.2An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
The Vietnam War
2017
8.7The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.
Decolonisation
2020