The Battle of Algiers

7.9 1966 Gillo Pontecorvo 2h 2m
Drama War History
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,

Brahim Hadjadj Brahim Hadjadj Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin Jean Martin Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi Yacef Saâdi El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader Fouzia El Kader Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen Mohamed Ben Kassen Petit Omar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Larbi Zekkal Larbi Zekkal Combattant FLN
Rouiched Rouiched The Drunk Man (uncredited)
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