The Battle of Algiers
Drama | War
7.9
Release Date
September 8, 1966
Duration
121 min
Status
Released
Language
it
Overview
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.
Casts
Ali La Pointe
Brahim Hadjadj
El-Hadi Jaffar
Saadi Yacef
Halima
Fouzia El Kader
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Jean Martin
Petit Omar
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Mohamed Hadj Smaïn
Combattant FLN
Larbi Zekkal
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Rouiched
Responsable FLN
Noureddine Brahimi
Larbi Ben M'hidi
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Abderrahmane Brahimi
La Mariée de la Casbah
Fatiha Djoudi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Franco Moruzzi
Captain Dubois
Tomasso Neri
Fathia
Samia Kerbash
Captain
Ugo Paletti
(uncredited)
Gene Wesson
Similar Movies
The Pioneer
6.5 (4)
Le Rescapé
10.0 (1)
Under Fire
6.7 (170)
Barrières
10.0 (1)
Children of Glory
7.0 (33)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
7.3 (941)
The 12th Man
7.2 (561)
Les Enfants de Novembre
10.0 (1)
Animal Farm
7.0 (491)
Even Dwarfs Started Small
6.5 (112)
The Crossing I
5.5 (38)
The Bothersome Man
7.0 (245)
Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai
6.2 (8)
Intimate Enemies
6.3 (77)
Lover for a Day
6.3 (78)
Land of the Blind
5.8 (53)
Clay Pigeon
5.7 (3)
Oru Mexican Aparatha
5.8 (11)
Douar de Femmes
10.0 (1)
Les Lycéens, le Traître et les Nazis
8.0 (1)