Thomas Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas was born a Caribbean slave in 1762 and beat the odds by rising through the ranks to become a revolutionary French general. The son of a nobleman, Marquis Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, and an African slave, Marie-Cessette Dumas, he became the first and highest-ranking Black leader in the French military and served under Napoleon Bonaparte. But despite his many exploits, which earned him the nickname of “Black Devil,” his role in the French Revolution was underplayed and he was even denied a full pension and legion of honor by Bonaparte.
Ladj Ly
Director
Ladj Ly
Writer
Dimitri Rassam
Producer
Ardavan Safaee
Producer
Toufik Ayadi
Producer
Christophe Barral
Producer
Dan Franck
Screenplay
Anne Abitbol
Screenplay
Théo Christine
Thomas Alexandre Davy de La Pailleterie Dumas
Omar Sy
Vincent Cassel
François Civil
Galatea Bellugi
Idir Azougli
Abdramane Diakité
Jessé
Alexis Manenti
Zita Hanrot
Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Steve Tientcheu
