The Battle of Algiers
“The Revolt that Stirred the World!”
Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
Samia Kerbash
Fathia
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Fouzia El Kader
Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois (uncredited)
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Sep 8, 1966
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Studios
- Igor Film, Casbah Film
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo