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.

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Sarraounia, an African Queen (1986)

War/Classic/Drama · 2h 2m · 7/1/1986

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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.

Status

Released

Language

French

Countries

Burkina Faso, France, Mauritania

Production Companies

Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale, Les Films Soleil O, Ministère de la Culture, Ministère de l'information et de la culture du Burkina
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Aï Keïta

Sarraounia
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Jean-Roger Milo

Capitaine Voulet
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Féodor Atkine

Chanoine
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Didier Sauvegrain

Doctor Henric
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Roger Miremont

Lieutenant Joalland
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Luc-Antoine Diquéro

Lieutenant Pallier
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Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Sergeant Boutel
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Wladimir Ivanovsky

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Tidjani Ouedraogo

Coulibaly
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Jacques Penot

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Didier Agostini

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Jean Edmond

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Philippe Bellay

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Tagara Yagoura Traore

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Aboubagar Traoré

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Abdoulaye Cissé

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Jean-François Ouedraogo

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Florence Bewende

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Hama Gourounga

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Baba Traoré

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Djibril Sidibé

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Sekou Tabb

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Rajoun Tapsirou

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Jacob Sou

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Temeddit Ag Hoye

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Ben Idriss Traoré

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Mohamed Ag Bloukia

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Mohamed Ag Mohamed

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Abdoulaye Cire Ba

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Amadou Banou

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Malik Barry

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Amadou Bocouma

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Boubacar Amadou Cissé

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Hamidou Cissé

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Issouf Compaore

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Daouda Bakoroba Diabate

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Bouba Diallo

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Hama Diallo

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Korka Diallo

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Moussa Diallo

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Djibilirou Dicko

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Harouna Dicko

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Minatta Guire

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Rosalie Kantiebo

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Drissa Kone

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Nafissatou Kone

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Hassane Kassi Kouyate

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Gninasse Lancina

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Mariame Maiga

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Abdoul Malik

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Aboueba Mantoro

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Boubacar Nabe

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Ramatou Nignan

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Mamounata Ouattara

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Fatou Ouedraogo

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Madi Pafadnam

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Moussa Sawadogo

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Kini Sipani

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Gustave Sorgho

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Kalifala Sylla

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Gary Tamboura

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Mariame Traore

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Karim Traoré

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Oumar Traoré

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Karim Zemani

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Moha Zinson

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Adama Zoungrana

Crew
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Jacques D'Ovidio

Director
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André Naudin

Director
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Vartan Karakeusian

Director
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Julien Naudin

Director
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Jean-Louis Trinquier

Director
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Jean-Paul Loublier

Director
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Marie-Thérèse Boiché

Director
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Amina Abdoulaye Mamani

Director
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Guy Famechon

Director
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Pierre Akendengué

Director
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Abdoulaye Cissé

Director
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Issouf Compaore

Director
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Carole Marquand

Director
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Abdoul War

Director
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Med Hondo

Director
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