In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Cast
Gérard Depardieu
Charles Saganne
Philippe Noiret
Dubreuilh
Catherine Deneuve
Louise
Sophie Marceau
Madeleine
Michel Duchaussoy
Baculard
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Bertozza
Roger Dumas
Vulpi
Jean-Louis Richard
Flammarin
Robin Renucci
Hazan
Sophie Grimaldi
Mère de Madeleine
Hippolyte Girardot
Courette
Saïd Amadis
Amajar
Florent Pagny
Lucien
Tatiana Vialle
Jeanne
Crew
Alain Corneau
Director, Screenplay
Louis Gardel
Screenplay, Novel
Henri de Turenne
Screenplay
Thierry Derocles
Editor
Robert Lawrence
Editor
Bruno Nuytten
Director of Photography
Samuel Bronston
Producer
Albina du Boisrouvray
Producer
Veniero Colasanti
Production Design, Costume Design
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
Corinne Jorry
Costume Design
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
