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.
Director:
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