Sarraounia (1986)

6.8/10 120 min War Drama History

Overview

On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroon. Those captains and their African mercenary troops destroy and kill everything they find on their path. The French authorities try to stop them sending orders and a second troop but the captains kill the emissaries who reach them. Sarraounia, queen of the Aznas, have heard about the exactions. Clever in war tactics and in witchcraft, she decides to resist and stop those mad men.

Cast

Jean-Roger Milo

Capitaine Voulet

Féodor Atkine

Chanoine

Didier Sauvegrain

Doctor Henric

Roger Miremont

Lieutenant Joalland

Luc-Antoine Diquéro

Lieutenant Pallier

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Sergeant Boutel

Jacques Penot

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