Queye TV The Battle of Algiers
Drama
War
History
The Battle of Algiers
La battaglia di Algeri
NR
1966
2:2
★ 7.9
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.

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)

Crew

Franco Solinas

Writer

Gillo Pontecorvo

Original Music Composer

Fred Baker

Executive Producer

Gillo Pontecorvo

Director

Yacef Saâdi

Producer

Mario Morra

Editor

Antonio Musu

Producer

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Mario Serandrei

Editor

Marcello Gatti

Director of Photography

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