The Battle of Algiers
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
Timing:
2:2 (122 min)
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Production
Genre
Drama, War, History
Budget
$800 000
Revenue
$822 941
Director
Actors
Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Fusia El Kader, Mohamed Ben Kassen, Larbi Zekkal, Rouiched, Nour-Eddine Brahimi, Si Mohamed Baghdadi, Abderrahmane Brahimi
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Yacef Saadi, Antonio Musu, Fred Baker
Operator
Marcello Gatti
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the memoir book by Yazev Saadi — one of the leaders of the National Liberation Front, who produced the film and played himself in it.
- In France, the film was considered propaganda and banned from screening until the end of the decade.
- The realistic depiction of the partisan movement made "The Battle of Algiers" a favorite film of various radical terrorist groups, including Andreas Baader (one of the founders and leaders of the German far-left terrorist organization "Red Army Faction") and the "Black Panthers" (an American far-left organization of African Americans whose goal was to promote the civil rights of the Black population).
- At the beginning of the American invasion of Iraq, a screening of the film was organized at the Pentagon as a documentary of guerrilla warfare in an Arab metropolis.
- The realistic depiction of the guerrilla movement made "The Battle of Algiers" a favorite film of various radical terrorist groups, including Andreas Baader (one of the founders and leaders of the German far-left terrorist organization "Red Army Faction") and the "Black Panthers" (an American far-left organization of Black people aiming to promote the civil rights of the Black population).
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