---
title: 'Black and White in Color (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Jacques Annaud'
released: '1976-09-22'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Ivory Coast'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-and-white-in-color-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074972/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Black and White in Color (1976)

1976 · 90 min · Drama, Comedy, War · Ivory Coast, Germany, France, Switzerland

Original title: La Victoire en chantant

## Synopsis

Black and White in Color is a 1976 black comedy war film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud in his directorial debut. The film is set in the African theater of World War I, during the French invasion of the German colony of 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-annaud)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-annaud), [Georges Conchon](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-conchon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pierre Bachelet](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-bachelet)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-cohn), [Jacques Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-perrin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Claude Agostini](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-agostini)
- **Editor:** [Françoise Bonnot](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-bonnot)

## Cast

- [Maurice Barrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-barrier) as Caprice
- [Catherine Rouvel](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-rouvel) as Marinette
- [Claude Legros](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-legros) as Jacques Rechampot
- [Dora Doll](https://cinepixo.com/people/dora-doll) as Maryvonne
- [Jean Carmet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-carmet) as le sergent Bosselet
- [Jacques Spiesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-spiesser) as Hubert Fresnoy
- [Dieter Schidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-schidor) as Kraft
- [Jacques Monnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-monnet) as le père Simon
- [Marc Zuber](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-zuber) as le major anglais
- [Peter Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-berling) as le père Jean de la Croix
- [Jacques Dufilho](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-dufilho) as Paul Rechampot

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-and-white-in-color-1976
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