1962: events in Algeria. Captain Sainbenin has just taken over the leadership of a newly created fighter commando. His relationship with the hierarchy is strained. To this war of a new type, Sainbenin intends to apply methods of a new kind. Everything is good to find the "rebels": new intelligence system, new interrogation system. When in Algiers a putsch is organized against De Gaulle by 4 of his generals, Sainbenin's men are divided: should they remain faithful to De Gaulle, or take the side of French Algeria against all odds? tragic fate of a handful of uprooted people fighting for a patriotic ideal and sacrificed in the name of this ideal.
Cast
Henri Marteau
Captain Sainbenin
Alain Doutey
Second Lieutenant François
Christian Toma
Unknown
Robert Vidalin
Unknown
Guy Di Rigo
Unknown
Edmée Deniau
Unknown
Dora Doll
Unknown
Daniel Ankri
Unknown
Jacques Ardouin
Unknown
Jacques Bertrand
Unknown
Claude Delac
Unknown
Abderrahmane El Kebir
Unknown
Claude Risac
Unknown
Claude Sales
Unknown
Jacques Chabot
Narrator (voice)
