The Battle of Algiers

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: Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Hadjadj, Tommaso Neri, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Mohamed Ben Kassen, Franco Moruzzi
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo, Fernando Morandi, Moussa Haddad, Sarah Maldoror
Countrys: Algeria,Italy

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8.1 45,528 1966-09-08 121