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The Battle of Algiers

The Revolt that Stirred the World!

7.917 average rating
★★★★★
7.917
Arabic / 122 MIN. / 1966

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Brahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef SaâdiSamia KerbashUgo PalettiFouzia El KaderMohamed Ben KassenSi Mohamed BaghdadiFranco MoruzziTomasso NeriRouichedGene WessonHadj Smaine Mohamed SeghirLarbi ZekkalNoureddine BrahimiAbderrahmane BrahimiFatiha Djoudi

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