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Casting

ACTORS

SaïdJamel Debbouze
YassirSamy Nacéri
AbdelkaderSami Bouajila
MartinezBernard Blancan
LerouxMathieu Simonet
Capitaine DurieuxBenoît Giros
Jeune fille village VosgesMélanie Laurent
Le ColonelAntoine Chappey
Larbi Assaad Bouab

CREW

Director Rachid Bouchareb
Screenwriter Olivier Morelle
Associate producer Jean Bréhat
Co-producer Jamel Debbouze
Associate producer Thomas Langmann
Executice producer Muriel Merlin
Production manager Antoine Beau
Post production manager Cédric Ettouati
Casting Nora Habib
First assistant director Mathieu Schiffman
Continuity assistant Virginie Barbay
Sound engineers Olivier Hespel

Olivier Walczak

Franck Rubio

Thomas Gauder
Costume designer Michèle Richer
Visual effects L’Est
Special effects Les Versaillais
Art director Dominique Douret
Editor Yannick Kergoat
Cinematographer Patrick Blossier, A.F.C.
Original soundtrack Armand Amar

Khaled
Screenplay and dialogues Olivier Lorelle

Rachid Bouchareb
Set photographer Roger Arpajou

PRODUCTION


A French Moroccan Algerian Belgian co-production
Producer Tessalit Productions
Co-producer Kissfilms
In co-production with France 3 Cinéma and France 2 Cinéma

Studiocanal

Taza Productions (Morocco)

Tassili (Algeria)

Versus Production and Scope Invest (Belgium)
In association with La Petite Reine
with the support of The Kingdom of Morocco
with the exceptionnal support of The region Ile-de-France
with the support of The region Franche-Comté

The region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur

The region Alsace

Conseil Général des Vosges

The region Aquitaine

Tax shelter of the Federal Government of Belgium

Royal Air Maroc

The International League for Human Rights

The Caisse des Dépots et Consignations

The F.A.S.I.L.D
Digital technologies and special effects produced with the support of the CNC
with the participation of Canal+ Cinécinémas

The CNC (National Centre of Cinematography)

Cofinova 1 and Cofinova 2
Distributor (France) StudioCanal (Mars Distribution)
International sales Films distribution
Video TF1 Vidéo
Sales (France) Tessalit Productions

Nous remercions la Région de Ouarzazate pour son soutien. La Région de Ouarzazate présente un potentiel exceptionnel pour l’industrie cinématographique représenté par les oeuvres grandioses tournées dans la région telles que LAWRENCE D’ARABIE, UN THÉ AU SAHARA, ASTÉRIX ET OBÉLIX (MISSION CLÉÔPATRE) et bien sûr INDIGÈNES.

Synopsis

1943.

They had never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Saïd, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlisted in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous soldiers,” to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy.

These heroes that history forgot won battles in Italy, Provence and the Vosges before finding themselves alone to defend an Alsatian village against a German battalion.…

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