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The Battle of Algiers
1966, Sep 08
2h 1m
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
Directed by
Gillo Pontecorvo
Written by
Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Fouzia El Kader
Halima
Mohamed Zinet
Fred Baker
Noureddine Brahimi
Responsable FLN
Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi
Abderrahmane Brahimi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Kamel Djebara
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois
Samia Kerbash
Fathia
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Matteo Spinola
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