The Battle of Algiers

La battaglia di Algeri

1966·121'

Gillo Pontecorvo

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IT - Italian

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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.

Cast

Brahim Hadjadj Ali La Pointe Mohamed Ben Kassen Petit Omar Yacef Saâdi El-Hadi Jaffar Fouzia El Kader Halima Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir Larbi Zekkal Combattant FLN Rouiched The Drunk Man (uncredited) Noureddine Brahimi Responsable FLN Si Mohamed Baghdadi Larbi Ben M'hidi Abderrahmane Brahimi Le Marié de la Casbah Jean Martin Colonel Philippe Mathieu

Fatiha Djoudi La Mariée de la Casbah