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.
Gérard Depardieu
Philippe Noiret
Catherine Deneuve
Sophie Marceau
Michel Duchaussoy
Jean-Laurent Cochet
Roger Dumas
Jean-Louis Richard
Robin Renucci
Sophie Grimaldi
Hippolyte Girardot
Saïd Amadis
Florent Pagny
