The Battle of Algiers
La battaglia di Algeri
1966, Film, 121 min, Drama, War, Italian, Italy, MoviePedia score 85
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
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.
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast
- Brahim Hadjadj as Ali La Pointe
- Jean Martin as Col. Mathieu
- Yacef Saadi as Djafar
- Samia Kerbash as Fathia
- Ugo Paletti as Captain
- Fouzia El Kader as Halima
- Mohamed Ben Kassen as Petit Omar
- Si Mohamed Baghdadi as Larbi Ben M'hidi
- Franco Morici as Mahmoud
- Tommaso Neri as Captain
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