The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers

121 mins | Drama, War, History | Sept. 8, 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.

The Battle of Algiers

121 mins | Drama, War, History | Sept. 8, 1966

The Battle of Algiers
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.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Igor Film, Casbah Film
Original title La battaglia di Algeri
Directors Sarah Maldoror, Moussa Haddad, Fernando Morandi, Gillo Pontecorvo
Writers Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo

Cast

Brahim Hadjadj

as Ali La Pointe

Yacef Saadi

as El-Hadi Jaffar

Fusia El Kader

as Halima

Jean Martin

as Colonel Philippe Mathieu

Mohamed Ben Kassen

as Petit Omar

Larbi Zekkal

as Combattant FLN

Rouiched (Ahmed Ayad)

as The Drunk Man (uncredited)

Noureddine Brahimi

as Responsable FLN

Abderrahmane Brahimi

as Le Marié de la Casbah

Fatiha Djoudi

as La Mariée de la Casbah

Franco Moruzzi

as Mahmoud (uncredited)

Tomasso Neri

as Captain Dubois

Samia Kerbash

as Fathia

Ugo Paletti

as Captain

Gene Wesson

as (uncredited)