Les Réprouvés (1937)
Directed by Jacques Séverac

Film Synopsis

A light infantry regiment is presently waiting at a makeshift camp on the edge of the scorching Sahara Desert.  An attack from blood-thirsty rebels is imminent, but when it comes, like a sudden fierce storm after a period of insufferable calm, the skirmish proves to be far more violent and decisive than was feared.  Only a handful of the brave soldiers survive this brutal onslaught, but they are adamant they will not surrender to the enemy under any circumstances.  Instead, after putting one of his comrades-in-arms out of his misery, the regiment's lieutenant sets about a plan of attack that will avenge the death of his fellows and demonstrate the superiority of the French army...