Sarraounia (1986)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1986-07-01
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: Med Hondo
Top Cast
- Aï Keïta as Sarraounia
- Jean-Roger Milo as Capitaine Voulet
- Féodor Atkine as Chanoine
- Didier Sauvegrain as Doctor Henric
- Roger Miremont as Lieutenant Joalland
- Luc-Antoine Diquéro as Lieutenant Pallier
- Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Sergeant Boutel
- Wladimir Ivanovsky as
- Tidjani Ouedraogo as Coulibaly
- Jacques Penot as
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