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Film / 1966
The Battle of Algiers
Directed by
Gillo Pontecorvo
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Brahim HadjadjAli La Pointe
Jean MartinColonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef SaâdiEl-Hadi Jaffar
Samia KerbashFathia
Ugo PalettiCaptain
Fouzia El KaderHalima
Mohamed Ben KassenPetit Omar
Si Mohamed BaghdadiLarbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)
Franco MoruzziMahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso NeriCaptain Dubois (uncredited)
RouichedThe Drunk Man (uncredited)
Gene Wesson(uncredited)
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