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Film · 1966
The Battle of Algiers
2h 2mNRDirected by Gillo Pontecorvo
- Drama
- War
- History
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.
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Cast
Brahim HadjadjAli La Pointe
Jean MartinColonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef SaâdiEl-Hadi Jaffar- Samia KerbashFathia
- Ugo PalettiCaptain
Fouzia El KaderHalima
Mohamed Ben KassenPetit Omar
Si Mohamed BaghdadiLarbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)- Franco MoruzziMahmoud (uncredited)
- Tomasso NeriCaptain Dubois (uncredited)
RouichedThe Drunk Man (uncredited)- Gene Wesson(uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Writer
- Franco Solinas
- Story
- Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas
- Music
- Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo
- Cinematography
- Marcello Gatti
- Editor
- Mario Morra, Mario Serandrei
- Producer
- Antonio Musu, Yacef Saâdi
- Release
- September 8, 1966
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- Arabic, English, French
- Studio
- Igor Film, Casbah Film
- TMDB score
- 7.9 / 10 from 946 votes
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