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The Battle of Algiers
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.
1966 · Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo · 122 min · Drama · War · History · 20 frames
Tagline
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
Crew
- Written by: Franco Solinas
- Cinematography: Marcello Gatti
- Edited by: Mario Morra, Mario Serandrei
- Music: Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo
- Production design: Sergio Canevari
- Produced by: Yacef Saâdi, Antonio Musu
Cast
- Brahim Hadjadj as Ali La Pointe
- Jean Martin as Colonel Philippe Mathieu
- Yacef Saâdi as El-Hadi Jaffar
- 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 (uncredited)
- Franco Moruzzi as Mahmoud (uncredited)
- Tomasso Neri as Captain Dubois (uncredited)
Production
- Country: Italy, Algeria
- Language: Arabic, English, French
- Studios: Igor Film, Casbah Film
- Budget: $800,000
- Box office: $964,028
- Themes: revolution, algerian, algiers, algeria, resistance fighter, french colonialism, algerian war (1954-62), battle of algiers, struggle for independence, anti-colonialism, djazair
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