Black and White in Color

The picture that marches to a different drummer

French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.

• Release date
• September 22, 1976
• Runtime
• 92 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy, War
• Director
• Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

Jean Carmet Sergeant Bosselet Jacques Dufilho Paul Rechampot Catherine Rouvel Marinette Jacques Spiesser Hubert Fresnoy Dora Doll Maryvonne Maurice Barrier Caprice

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Benjamin Memel Atchory Assomption Peter Berling Père Jean de la Croix