
Sarraounia
War · Drama · History
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.
Top Cast
Aï Keïta
Aï Keïta
Sarraounia
Aï Keïta
Sarraounia


Jean-Roger Milo
Jean-Roger Milo
Capitaine Voulet
Jean-Roger Milo
Capitaine Voulet


Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine
Chanoine
Féodor Atkine
Chanoine


Didier Sauvegrain
Didier Sauvegrain
Doctor Henric
Didier Sauvegrain
Doctor Henric


Roger Miremont
Roger Miremont
Lieutenant Joalland
Roger Miremont
Lieutenant Joalland


Luc-Antoine Diquéro
Luc-Antoine Diquéro
Lieutenant Pallier
Luc-Antoine Diquéro
Lieutenant Pallier


Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Sergeant Boutel
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Sergeant Boutel
Wladimir Ivanovsky
Wladimir Ivanovsky
Wladimir Ivanovsky
Tidjani Ouedraogo
Tidjani Ouedraogo
Coulibaly
Tidjani Ouedraogo
Coulibaly


Jacques Penot
Jacques Penot
Jacques Penot
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