The Battle of Algiers
TMDB 7.9
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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.
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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.
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The Battle of Algiers
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.
- Directors
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Producers
- Yacef Saâdi, Antonio Musu
- Cast and Characters
- 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))
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French