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The Battle of Algiers

Original title: La battaglia di Algeri

The Revolt that Stirred the World!

  • Movie
  • 1966
  • NR
  • 2h 2m

Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo

7.9

TMDB audience rating
7.9 out of 10 from 951 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Brahim Hadjadj

    Brahim HadjadjAli La Pointe

  • Jean Martin

    Jean MartinColonel Philippe Mathieu

  • Yacef Saâdi

    Yacef SaâdiEl-Hadi Jaffar

  • Samia KerbashFathia

  • Ugo PalettiCaptain

  • Fouzia El Kader

    Fouzia El KaderHalima

  • Mohamed Ben Kassen

    Mohamed Ben KassenPetit Omar

  • Si Mohamed Baghdadi

    Si Mohamed BaghdadiLarbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)

  • Franco Moruzzi

    Franco MoruzziMahmoud (uncredited)

  • Tomasso NeriCaptain Dubois (uncredited)

  • Rouiched

    RouichedThe Drunk Man (uncredited)

  • Gene Wesson(uncredited)

  • Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

    Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

  • Larbi Zekkal

    Larbi ZekkalCombattant FLN

  • Noureddine Brahimi

    Noureddine BrahimiResponsable FLN

  • Abderrahmane Brahimi

    Abderrahmane BrahimiLe Marié de la Casbah

  • Fatiha DjoudiLa Mariée de la Casbah

Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
Writer
Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo
Music
Ennio Morricone and Gillo Pontecorvo
Cinematography
Marcello Gatti