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Black and White in Color (1976) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 22, 1976

Original Title:
La Victoire en chantant

Alternate Titles:
Black and White in Color
La victoire en chantant
Noirs et blancs en couleur
Svart og hvitt i farger

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | War

Production Companies:
Allied Artists
Artco-Film
France 3 Cinéma
Les Films S.F.P.
Reggane Films

Production Countries:
Cote D'Ivoire | France | Germany | Switzerland

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U 

Runtime: 92

The picture that marches to a different drummer

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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 of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.

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Production

Additional Music:
Mat Camison

Assistant Director:
Jean-Louis Koula
Dominique Cheminal
Kodjo Eboucle
Claudine Taulère

Assistant Editor:
Christine Grenet
Jean-Claude Huguet
Monique Laurent

Assistant Electrician:
Yapo Boni Elisée
François Yapobi

Assistant Grip:
Dioma Siméon
Christophe Akrobo

Camera Operator:
Nanamondo Magassouba
Eduardo Serra

Costume Assistant:
Binto Traore
Moussa Sorho

Costume Design:
Corinne Jorry

Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director of Photography:
Claude Agostini

Editor:
Françoise Bonnot
Michèle Boëhm

Electrician:
Jean-Claude Gasché

Grip:
Pierre Dupont

Makeup Artist:
Gisèle Jacquin

Original Music Composer:
Pierre Bachelet

Other:
Liliane Strauss

Producer:
Jacques Perrin
Giorgio Silvagni
Arthur Cohn

Production Assistant:
Yvonne Bellien
Karamoko Koné
Michel Pasquet

Production Manager:
Timité Bassori
Gérard Crosnier
Jean-Michel Nakache

Property Master:
Jean-Louis Trinquier

Props:
Konaté Jess Kamori

Set Decoration:
Robert Dauphy
Jean Sauvage
Henri Sonnois
Jean-Paul Gaillot

Set Designer:
Max Douy

Sound:
Alain Curvelier

Sound Assistant:
Blaise Kouassi

Sound Effects:
Jean-Pierre Lelong

Sound Mixer:
Jean Nény

Writer:
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Georges Conchon

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