Fort Saganne
WarDramaHistorynurseworld war iafricaworld war iifeminismbigamysahara desertloverevengeslaughtercolonisationtorture
An ambitious historical epic tracing a soldier's rise and moral compromise across colonial Africa and two world wars, anchored by ambivalent romance and the costs of ambition.
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.
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