The Battle of Algiers (1966)
September 8, 1966
Drama, War, History
2h 1m
![Poster for The Battle of Algiers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8ycYxRxKP1B6LRDdLDPCZ7eDLVx.jpg)
![Backdrop for The Battle of Algiers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/d67dUXkwVnmyNlIVRu7ctpsE1U7.jpg)
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Ali La Pointe Brahim Hadjadj
- El-Hadi Jaffar Yacef Saâdi
- Halima Fouzia El Kader
- Colonel Philippe Mathieu Jean Martin
- Petit Omar Mohamed Ben Kassen
- Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
- Combattant FLN Larbi Zekkal
- The Drunk Man (uncredited) Rouiched
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Keywords
- revolution
- algerian
- insurrection
- algiers, algeria
- resistance fighter
- north africa
- algerian war (1954-62)
- battle of algiers
- struggle for independence
- anti-colonialism
- maghreb
- djazair
- independance war