The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Original Title: La battaglia di Algeri
Drama
History
War
7.9 (806 votes)
2h 1m
Overview
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Details
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Writer
- Franco Solinas
- Original Language
- Italian
- Budget
- $800,000
Cast
Brahim Hadjadj
Fouzia El Kader
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Jean Martin
Larbi Zekkal
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Noureddine Brahimi
Rouiched
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Yacef Saâdi
Keywords
algerian
algerian war (1954-62)
algiers
algeria
anti-colonialism
battle of algiers
black and white
criterion
djazair
independance war
insurrection
maghreb
north africa
resistance fighter
revolution
struggle for independence
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