Sep 08, 1966
121 min
Full-HD

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.

Category

Drama War History

Country

Italy Algeria

Companies

Igor Film Casbah Film

Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe

Jean Martin

Colonel Philippe Mathieu

Saadi Yacef

El-Hadi Jaffar

Fouzia El Kader

Halima

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Petit Omar

Rouiched

The Drunk Man (uncredited)

Noureddine Brahimi

Responsable FLN

Abderrahmane Brahimi

Le Marié de la Casbah

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