Sarraounia

Sarraounia

1986
2h 0min

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.

Sarraounia

Storyline

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.
    Released
    July 1986
    Runtime
    2h 0min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    French
    Production
    Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale, Les Films Soleil O, Ministère de la culture, Ministère de l'information et de la culture du Burkina
Cast
Aï Keïta
Sarraounia
Jean-Roger Milo
Jean-Roger Milo
Capitaine Voulet
Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine
Chanoine
Didier Sauvegrain
Didier Sauvegrain
Doctor Henric
Roger Miremont
Roger Miremont
Lieutenant Joalland
Luc-Antoine Diquéro
Luc-Antoine Diquéro
Lieutenant Pallier
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Sergeant Boutel
Wladimir Ivanovsky
Acting
Tidjani Ouedraogo
Coulibaly
Jacques Penot
Jacques Penot
Acting
Didier Agostini
Acting
Jean Edmond
Acting
Philippe Bellay
Acting
Tagara Yagoura Traore
Acting
Aboubagar Traoré
Acting
Abdoulaye Cissé
Sound
Jean-François Ouedraogo
Acting
Florence Bewende
Acting
Hama Gourounga
Acting
Baba Traoré
Acting
Djibril Sidibé
Acting
Sekou Tabb
Acting
Rajoun Tapsirou
Acting
Jacob Sou
Acting
Temeddit Ag Hoye
Acting
Ben Idriss Traoré
Acting
Mohamed Ag Bloukia
Acting
Mohamed Ag Mohamed
Acting
Abdoulaye Cire Ba
Acting
Amadou Banou
Acting
Malik Barry
Acting
Amadou Bocouma
Acting
Boubacar Amadou Cissé
Acting
Hamidou Cissé
Acting
Issouf Compaore
Sound
Daouda Bakoroba Diabate
Acting
Bouba Diallo
Acting
Hama Diallo
Acting
Korka Diallo
Acting
Moussa Diallo
Acting
Djibilirou Dicko
Acting
Harouna Dicko
Acting
Minatta Guire
Acting
Rosalie Kantiebo
Acting
Drissa Kone
Acting
Nafissatou Kone
Acting
Hassane Kassi Kouyate
Acting
Gninasse Lancina
Acting
Mariame Maiga
Acting
Abdoul Malik
Acting
Aboueba Mantoro
Acting
Boubacar Nabe
Acting
Ramatou Nignan
Acting
Mamounata Ouattara
Acting
Fatou Ouedraogo
Acting
Madi Pafadnam
Acting
Moussa Sawadogo
Acting
Kini Sipani
Acting
Gustave Sorgho
Gustave Sorgho
Acting
Kalifala Sylla
Acting
Gary Tamboura
Acting
Mariame Traore
Acting
Karim Traoré
Acting
Oumar Traoré
Acting
Karim Zemani
Acting
Moha Zinson
Acting
Adama Zoungrana
Acting
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