The Battle of Algiers

Name: The Battle of Algiers
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Genre: Drama, War, History
Released: 1966-09-08
Duration: 122 min
Cast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saâdi, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti

Original title: La battaglia di Algeri

“The Revolt that Stirred the World!”

1966
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2h 2m
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NR

★ 7.9 TMDB Rating · 937 votes

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
Release date: Sep 8, 1966
Original language: Italian
Origin: Italy

Cast of The Battle of Algiers

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)

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