Movie Description
Sarraounia
(1986)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Med Hondo
- Producer : Med Hondo
- Editor : Marie-Thérèse Boiché
- Cast : Aï Keïta,Jean-Roger Milo,Féodor Atkine,Didier Sauvegrain,Roger Miremont,Luc-Antoine Diquéro,Jean-Pierre Castaldi,Wladimir Ivanovsky,Tidjani Ouedraogo,Jacques Penot,Didier Agostini,Jean Edmond,Philippe Bellay,Tagara Yagoura Traore,Aboubagar Traoré,Abdoulaye Cissé,Jean-François Ouedraogo,Florence Bewende,Hama Gourounga,Baba Traoré,Djibril Sidibé,Sekou Tabb,Rajoun Tapsirou,Jacob Sou,Temeddit Ag Hoye,Ben Idriss Traoré,Mohamed Ag Bloukia,Mohamed Ag Mohamed,Abdoulaye Cire Ba,Amadou Banou,Malik Barry,Amadou Bocouma,Boubacar Amadou Cissé,Hamidou Cissé,Issouf Compaore,Daouda Bakoroba Diabate,Bouba Diallo,Hama Diallo,Korka Diallo,Moussa Diallo,Djibilirou Dicko,Harouna Dicko,Minatta Guire,Rosalie Kantiebo,Drissa Kone,Nafissatou Kone,Hassane Kassi Kouyate,Gninasse Lancina,Mariame Maiga,Abdoul Malik,Aboueba Mantoro,Boubacar Nabe,Ramatou Nignan,Mamounata Ouattara,Fatou Ouedraogo,Madi Pafadnam,Moussa Sawadogo,Kini Sipani,Gustave Sorgho,Kalifala Sylla,Gary Tamboura,Mariame Traore,Karim Traoré,Oumar Traoré,Karim Zemani,Moha Zinson,Adama Zoungrana
Cast
Sarraounia
Capitaine Voulet
Chanoine
Doctor Henric
Lieutenant Joalland
Lieutenant Pallier
Sergeant Boutel
Coulibaly
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Facts
Original TitleSarraounia
Status Released
Release Information
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1986-07-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 00m
Production CompaniesDirection de la Cinematographie Nationale,Les Films Soleil O,Ministère de la culture,Ministère de l'information et de la culture du Burkina
Genres
- War
- Drama
- History
