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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1966-09-08
Runtime: 121 mins
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Writer: Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
Spoken language: العربية, Français, English
Genres: Drama, War, History
Original title: The Battle of Algiers
Production Companies: Igor Film, Casbah Film
Production Countries: Italy, Algeria

Brahim Hadjadj

Jean Martin

Yacef Saâdi

Fouzia El Kader

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

Larbi Zekkal

Rouiched

Noureddine Brahimi

Si Mohamed Baghdadi

Abderrahmane Brahimi

Fatiha Djoudi

Franco Moruzzi

Tomasso Neri
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