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Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Country Ivory Coast, France, West Germany, Switzerland
Studio AMLF, France 3 Cinema, Raggane Films, Smart Film Produktions, Societe de Francais Production, Societe Ivoirienne De Cinema
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Other Titles
• Noirs et blancs en couleur (1977)
• La Victoire en Chantant (1976)
• Black and White in Color
• Sehnsucht nach Afrika (1977)
• Black Victory
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Genre: War, Drama, Black Comedy, World War I, Military, Satire, Culture Clash
Plot: In 1914, some patriotic Frenchmen, living in a small town on the west coast of Africa, find out about the war with Germany, declaring: "I would have thought it would be with England." Immediately, the lazy sergeant organizes his little army of ill-trained natives, and marches on the neighboring German fort, accompanied by shopkeepers and their wives. To everyone's surprise, German fire power cuts down the advancing mob, leaving Hubert, a righteous young geologist in charge. Accompanied by his black mistress, Hubert bulldozes the "troops" into a semblance of order. What ensues is a subtly funny statement on war and power. This Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Film is one of the greatest works in the diverse career of French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (THE BEAR/THE NAME OF THE ROSE).
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Jean Carmet
My Mother's Castle, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Germinal | Jacques Dufilho
Nosferatu the Vampyre, Enfants du marais, Les, Zazie dans le métro | | | Maurice Barrier
The Return of Martin Guerre, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, E la nave va | | Peter Berling
The Name of the Rose, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo | |
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Pierre Bachelet
Emmanuelle, Bronzés font du ski, Les, Enfants du marais, Les |
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