The Battle of Algiers

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 orga... read more

  • Gillo Pontecorvo

    Director

  • Franco Solinas

    Writer

  • Gillo Pontecorvo

    Writer

  • Marcello Gatti

    Director of Photography

  • Mario Morra

    Editor

  • Mario Serandrei

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    121 minutes

    Released

    1966-09-08

    Languages

    العربية

    English

    Français

    Countries

    Italy

    Algeria

    Studios

    Igor Film

    Casbah Film

    Sound

  • Gillo Pontecorvo

    Original Music Composer

  • Ennio Morricone

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    39 days ago

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