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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
“The Revolt that Stirred the World!”
Drama, War, History · 2h 02m
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 Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
S
Samia Kerbash
Fathia
U
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Fouzia El Kader
Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)
F
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
T
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois (uncredited)
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
G
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Writer
- Franco Solinas
- Director of Photography
- Marcello Gatti
- Original Music Composer
- Gillo Pontecorvo, Ennio Morricone
- Editor
- Mario Morra, Mario Serandrei
- Producer
- Yacef Saâdi, Antonio Musu
Details
- Original title
- La battaglia di Algeri
- Release date
- 1966-09-08
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Countries
- Italy, Algeria
- Production
- Igor Film, Casbah Film
- Budget
- $800,000
- Box office
- $964,028