Black and white in color / Home Vision Entertainment ; Janus Films ; Reggane-S.F.P.-Artco Film Productions ; an Arthur Cohn Production ; original screenplay by Georges Conchon and Jean-Jacques Annaud ; directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud ; produced by Arthur Cohn, Jacques Perrin, Giorgio Silvagni. The sky above, the mud below / Embassy Pictures Corp ; Joseph E. Levine presents ; directed by Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau ; produced by Arthur Cohn and Rene LaFuite.

Black and white in color: A French colony in Africa's Ivory Coast discovers months after the fact that World War I has begun. Spurred on by a capricious patriotism, they figure they'll do their part by attacking the German colony up the river. After all, they have six rifles, and one of them is an a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Reggane Films Société française de production Artco Film Productions Embassy Pictures Corp Janus Films Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Cohn, Arthur, 1928- Perrin, Jacques, 1941-2022 Silvagni, Giorgio LaFuite, Rene Levine, Joseph E. Annaud, Jean-Jacques Gaisseau, Pierre Dominique, 1923-1997 Conchon, Georges, 1925- Carmet, Jean Dufilho, Jacques Rouvel, Catherine, 1939- Spiesser, Jacques, 1947- Doll, Dora, 1922-2015 Peacock, William
Language:	French German English
Language and/or Writing System:	Black and white in color: In French, German, and English with optional subtitles in English. The sky above, the mud below: Narration in English.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Chicago, IL : Janus Films ; Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment, [2003], ©2003.
Series:	Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Racism > Drama. Papua New Guinea > Description and travel. Foreign films. Feature films. Documentary films. Motion pictures, French. Côte d'Ivoire > Drama. France > Colonies > Africa > Drama. Papua New Guinea. Foreign films > France.
Genre:	Drama. Motion pictures, French. Foreign films Feature films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Variant Title:	Sky above, the mud below.
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

Black and white in color: Opening credits
German army depends on us
Just another day in the colony
Simple geographer
Matter of taste
Vive le France!
Conscripts
Strategy
Crossing the Rhine
Patriotic spectacle
Machine gun?
Rising to the occasion
Community support
Terribly refined
Decision #21
Christian conscience
Name is Bartheleme
Staging the troops
Peace & security
Trench warfare
Decent army of French savages
I used to be a socialist
End credits.
The sky above, the mud below: Opening credits
Excursion
Island of the wicked
We were off
First encounter
News of our arrival
Mock birth
Adoption
Ghost tree cutting
Back to the sea
Must be realistic
Progress delayed
From another world
Bridge
Going on
Off at dawn
Last edge
Which river?
At last.