The Battle of Algiers
Drama | War
7.9
Release Date
September 8, 1966
Duration
121 min
Status
Released
Language
it
Overview
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
Casts
Ali La Pointe
Brahim Hadjadj
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Jean Martin
El-Hadi Jaffar
Saadi Yacef
Halima
Fouzia El Kader
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
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