The Battle of Algiers
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
7.9(905) 1966-09-08 122 minDramaWarHistory
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, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
DirectorGillo Pontecorvo
WriterGillo Pontecorvo
WriterFranco Solinas
ProducerAntonio Musu
ProducerYacef Saâdi
Original Music ComposerEnnio Morricone
Original Music ComposerGillo Pontecorvo
Cast & characters
Brahim Hadjadj
as Ali La Pointe
Mohamed Ben Kassen
as Petit Omar
Yacef Saâdi
as El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader
as Halima
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
as —
Larbi Zekkal
as Combattant FLN
Rouiched
as The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Noureddine Brahimi
as Responsable FLN
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
as Larbi Ben M'hidi
Abderrahmane Brahimi
as Le Marié de la Casbah
Jean Martin
as Colonel Philippe Mathieu
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Fatiha Djoudi
as La Mariée de la Casbah
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Franco Moruzzi
as Mahmoud (uncredited)
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Tomasso Neri
as Captain Dubois
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Samia Kerbash
as Fathia
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Ugo Paletti
as Captain
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Gene Wesson
as (uncredited)
