Black and White in Color
| Black and White in Color | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Produced by |
Arthur Cohn Jacques Perrin Giorgio Silvagni |
| Written by |
Jean-Jacques Annaud Georges Conchon |
| Music by | Pierre Bachelet |
| Cinematography | Claude Augostini |
| Edited by | Françoise Bonnot |
Production company |
France 3 Cinéma Reggane Films Smart Film Produktion Société Française de Production (SFP) Société Ivoirienne de Cinema |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists (USA) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country |
France Côte d'Ivoire |
| Language | French |
Black and White in Color (French: La Victoire en chantant, then Noirs et Blancs en couleur for the 1977 re-issue) is a 1976 war film and black comedy directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud in his directorial debut. It depicts French colonists at war with the Germans in West Africa during World War I, and is set in one of the then German colonies; either Togoland or Kamerun. The film adopts a strong antimilitaristic point of view, and is noteworthy for ridiculing the French side even more harshly than their German counterparts.
The original French title is the first four words (the first line) of the song Le Chant du départ, a French military song.
It won the 1976 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film;[1] it was submitted to the Academy by Côte d'Ivoire, resulting in that country's first and only Oscar.
Cast
- Jean Carmet as Sergeant Bosselet
- Jacques Dufilho as Paul Rechampot
- Catherine Rouvel as Marinette
- Jacques Spiesser as Hubert Fresnoy
- Maurice Barrier as Caprice
- Benjamin Memel Atchory
See also
- African theatre of World War I
- List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Sub-Saharan African submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ↑ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
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