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: Alain Corneau
Screenplay: Louis Gardel, Alain Corneau, Henri de Turenne
Director of Photography: Bruno Nuytten
Producer: Samuel Bronston, Albina du Boisrouvray