Black and White in Color
Brief Synopsis
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French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control...
Cast & Crew
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Jean-jacques Annaud
Director
Benjamin Memel Atchori
Baye Macoumba Diop
Jean-francois Eyou N'guessan
Jacques Monnet
Tanoh Kouao
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
War
Release Date
1977
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Synopsis
When war is declared in Europe in 1914, a group of French colonials in West Africa decide to attack a nearby German fort.
Director
Jean-jacques Annaud
Director
Cast
Benjamin Memel Atchori
Baye Macoumba Diop
Jean-francois Eyou N'guessan
Jacques Monnet
Tanoh Kouao
Aboubakar Toure
Maurice Barrier
Marc Zuber
Helmut Eiker
Claude Legros
Dora Doll
Marius Beugre Boignan
Peter Berling
Natou Koly
Jacques Dufilho
Mamadou Koulibaly
Jean Carmet
Catherine Rouvel
Dieter Schidor
Jacques Spiesser
Klaus Huebl
Crew
Claude Agostini
Cinematographer
Jean-jacques Annaud
Screenplay
Pierre Bachelet
Music
Timite Bassori
Production Manager
Yvonne Bellien
Production Assistant
Michele Boehm
Editor
Frantoise Bonnot
Editor
Mat Camison
Music
Dominique Cheminal
Assistant Director
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Georges Conchon
Screenplay
Gerard Crosnier
Production Manager
Alain Curvelier
Sound
Robert Dauphy
Set Decorator
Max Douy
Art Director
Kodjo Eboucle
Assistant Director
Jean-paul Gaillot
Set Decorator
Christine Giretnet
Editor
Jean-claude Huguet
Editor
Gisele Jacquin
Makeup
Charlie Jenkins
Titles
Corinne Jorry
Costume Department
Karamoko Kone
Production Assistant
Blaise Kouassi
Sound
Jean-louis Koula
Assistant Director
Monique Laurent
Editor
Jean-pierre Lelong
Sound Effects
Nanamoudou Magassouda
Cinematographer
Jean-michel Nakache
Production Manager
Jean Neny
Sound
Michel Pasquet
Production Assistant
Jacques Perrin
Producer
Jean Sauvage
Set Decorator
Eduardo Serra
Cinematographer
Giorgio Silvagni
Producer
Henri Sonnois
Set Decorator
Moussa Sorho
Costume Department
Liliane Strauss
Titles
Claudine Taulere
Assistant Director
Binto Traore
Costume Department
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
War
Release Date
1977
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Award Wins
Best Foreign Language Film
1976
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States March 1987
Released in United States on Video March 1988
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1977
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1977
Released in United States March 1987 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Arthur Cohn Tribute) March 11-26, 1987.)
Released in United States on Video March 1988
