Black and White in Color

Starring: Jean Carmet Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

DVD Features:

Additional Release Material:

• Bonus Feature - 1. THE SKY ABOVE, THE MUD BELOW (1961 Academy Award Winning Documentary)
• Interview - 1. Jean-Jacques Annaud - Director
                  2. Arthur Cohn - Producer
• Filmographies - 1. Jean-Jacques Annaud - Director
                        2. Arthur Cohn - Producer

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Foreign Language Film (1976)

Product Description:

In 1914, some patriotic Frenchmen, living in a small town on the west coast of Africa, find out about the war with Germany, declaring: "I would have thought it would be with England." Immediately, the lazy sergeant organizes his little army of ill-trained natives, and marches on the neighboring German fort, accompanied by shopkeepers and their wives. To everyone's surprise, German fire power cuts down the advancing mob, leaving Hubert, a righteous young geologist in charge. Accompanied by his black mistress, Hubert bulldozes the "troops" into a semblance of order. What ensues is a subtly funny statement on war and power. This Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Film is one of the greatest works in the diverse career of French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (THE BEAR/THE NAME OF THE ROSE).

Plot Synopsis:

The idyllic life in a French-African settlement is rudely interrupted in 1915 by news of war in Europe. The settlement's sergeant tries to assemble an army of native soldiers to capture a neighboring German settlement. What develops is a hilarious spectacle of inept Europeans trying to carry on World War I in Africa. Academy Award Nominations: Best Foreign Language Film.

Plot Keywords:

Adventure | Black Comedy | Classic | Comedy | Race Relations | Theatrical Release | World War I

Exerpts:

"A vitally significant subject treated and acted with subtle, terrifying sense of humor and irony." -- JEAN RENOIR

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