The Battle of Algiers
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
1966 it 121 minutes
Rating: 7.9
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader
Halima
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Noureddine Brahimi
Responsable FLN
Abderrahmane Brahimi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois
Samia Kerbash
Fathia
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
