The 17th Parallel
1968, French. Directed by Marceline Loridan-Ivens & Joris Ivens.
On the border of North and South Vietnam, civilians live underground and cultivate their land in the dead of night, farmers take up arms, and bombs fall like clockwork. Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan’s record of daily life in one of the most volatile regions of a war-torn, divided country is both a hazardous piece of first-hand journalism and a shattering work in its own right, simmering with barely repressed anger.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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The 17th Parallel is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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- Released
- 5 March 1968
- Original title
- Le dix-septième parallèle, la guerre du peuple
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
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The 17th Parallel is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked The 17th Parallel, try Last Days in Vietnam, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, For Sama.
Who directed The 17th Parallel?
The 17th Parallel (1968) was directed by Marceline Loridan-Ivens and Joris Ivens.