The Battle of Algiers

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Overview

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.

Director

Gillo Pontecorvo

Cast

Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe

Jean Martin

Colonel Philippe Mathieu

Yacef Saâdi

El-Hadi Jaffar

S

Samia Kerbash

Fathia

U

Ugo Paletti

Captain

Fouzia El Kader

Halima

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Petit Omar

Si Mohamed Baghdadi

Larbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)

F

Franco Moruzzi

Mahmoud (uncredited)

T

Tomasso Neri

Captain Dubois (uncredited)