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Sarraounia
Sarraounia
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Sarraounia

1986
2h
War
Drama
History

Status

Released

Release

1986

Runtime

2h

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Streaming

1
Criterion Channel
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Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h
Jul 1, 1986
Languages
French
Director
Med Hondo
Med Hondo
Production
Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale
Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale
Les Films Soleil O
Les Films Soleil O
Ministère de la culture
Ministère de la culture
Ministère de l'information et de la culture du Burkina
Ministère de l'information et de la culture du Burkina
Production Countries
Burkina Faso
France
Mauritania

Top Cast

67 Cast Members

Aï Keïta

Sarraounia

Jean-Roger Milo

Jean-Roger Milo

Capitaine Voulet

Féodor Atkine

Féodor Atkine

Chanoine

Didier Sauvegrain

Didier Sauvegrain

Doctor Henric

Roger Miremont

Roger Miremont

Lieutenant Joalland

Luc-Antoine Diquéro

Luc-Antoine Diquéro

Lieutenant Pallier

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Sergeant Boutel

Wladimir Ivanovsky

Tidjani Ouedraogo

Coulibaly

Jacques Penot

Jacques Penot

Didier Agostini

Jean Edmond

Philippe Bellay

Tagara Yagoura Traore

Aboubagar Traoré

Abdoulaye Cissé

Jean-François Ouedraogo

Florence Bewende

Hama Gourounga

Baba Traoré

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