The Battle of Algiers
7.914
940 Reviews
1966
2h 2min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
September 1966
Runtime
2h 2min
Director
Budget
$800,000
Revenue
$964,028
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Italian
Production
Igor Film, Casbah Film
Cast
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)
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois (uncredited)
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Acting
Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN
Noureddine Brahimi
Responsable FLN
Abderrahmane Brahimi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
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