The Battle of Algiers
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
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9/8/1966Runtime
121 minsOverview
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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A coldly precise, documentary-like account of asymmetrical warfare between colonizers and the colonized, where both sides' tactics escalate into moral ambiguity. It's as much a political anatomy as a drama, forcing you to reckon with the brutal calculus of liberation.
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Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader
Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN
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The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Noureddine Brahimi
Responsable FLN
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi
Abderrahmane Brahimi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
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