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Sep 08, 1966
122 min
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The Battle of Algiers (1966)

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.

Category

Drama War History

Country

Italy Algeria

Companies

Igor Film Casbah Film

Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe

Jean Martin

Colonel Philippe Mathieu

Yacef Saâdi

El-Hadi Jaffar

Samia Kerbash

Fathia

Ugo Paletti

Captain

Fouzia El Kader

Halima

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Petit Omar

Si Mohamed Baghdadi

Larbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)

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