At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Details
Release date1979-05-19
Runtime147 min
GenresDrama, War
DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
CastMartin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Bottoms, Robert Duvall, G.D. Spradlin
ProductionAmerican Zoetrope
CountriesUnited States of America
LanguagesKhmer, English, French, Vietnamese
AwardsWon 2 Oscars. 21 wins & 33 nominations total
