The Battle of Algiers
Italian · La battaglia di Algeri
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
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.
- Released
- 8 Sep 1966
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Also known as
- La bataille d'Alger, I mahi tou Algeriou, La batalla de Argel, A Batalha de Argel
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- Budget
- $800,000
- Writers
- Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
- Story
- Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
- Cinematography
- Marcello Gatti
- Music
- Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo
- Editors
- Mario Morra, Mario Serandrei
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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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)
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois (uncredited)
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
