Black and White in Color (1976)

La victoire en chantant

The picture that marches to a different drummer

90 min★ 6.7 · 2,008 votes

• Comedy
• Drama
• War

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.

Release date

September 22, 1976

Country of origin

Switzerland, France, Germany, Côte d’Ivoire

Music

Pierre Bachelet