Black and White in Color - MovieDB Browser

1976 6.4 (40 votes) 1h 32m

Genres

Drama Comedy War

Production Companies

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

Black and White in Color (La Victoire en chantant)

The picture that marches to a different drummer

Overview

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.