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1986
  • Drama
  • History
  • War

Sarraounia

Runtime
2h
Countries
  • BF
  • Burkina Faso
  • FR
  • France
  • MR
  • Mauritania
Languages
  • fr
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.

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Novel Screenplay
Director Writer

Cast

Capitaine Voulet
Chanoine
Doctor Henric
Lieutenant Joalland
Lieutenant Pallier
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    July 1, 1986
  • Original Language
    French
  • Production Companies
    • Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale
    • Les Films Soleil O

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