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The Battle of Algiers (Italian: La battaglia di Algeri; Arabic: معركة الجزائر, romanized: Maʿrakat al-Jazāʾir) is a 1966 Italian-Algerian war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
The Battle of Algiers: Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. With Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash. In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
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- Drama, War
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- 1967-09-20
The Battle of Algiers (1966) (EN, NL subtitles) Italian-Algerian historical war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and starring Jean Martin and Saadi Yacef. It is based on events by rebels during the Algerian War (1954–1962) against the French government in North Africa; the most prominent being the titular Battle of Algiers ...
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Oct 18, 2021 · The Conversation reviews the iconic film The Battle of Algiers, which depicts the Algerian revolution against French colonialism. The film uses neorealist techniques, contrasts of light and shadow, and a documentary aesthetic to show the brutality and the hope of the conflict.
One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
- Ali La Pointe
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu (Jean Martin), a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to 1950s Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the...
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- War, History, Drama
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Oct 10, 2004 · Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers," filmed in 1965, released in late 1967, is the crucial film about this new kind of warfare. It involves the proving-ground of the emerging tactics in Algeria from 1954 to 1962, as France tried and failed to contain a nationalist uprising.
