The Battle of Algiers
- Drama
- History
- War
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.
- Directed by
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Written by
- Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast
- Brahim Hadjadj
- Jean Martin
- Yacef Saâdi
- Samia Kerbash
- Ugo Paletti
- Fouzia El Kader
- Mohamed Ben Kassen
- Si Mohamed Baghdadi
- Franco Moruzzi
- Tomasso Neri
- Rouiched
- Gene Wesson
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