The Battle of Algiers
La battaglia di Algeri
Release: 1966-09-08
·Runtime: 121m
·★ 7.9
Drama
War
History
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
Production Countries
Italy
Algeria
Production Companies
Igor Film
Casbah Film
Cast
Brahim Hadjadj
as Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
as Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi
as El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader
as Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen
as Petit Omar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Larbi Zekkal
as Combattant FLN
Rouiched
as The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Noureddine Brahimi
as Responsable FLN
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
as Larbi Ben M'hidi
Abderrahmane Brahimi
as Le Marié de la Casbah
Crew
Gillo Pontecorvo
Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
Writer
Franco Solinas
Writer
Yacef Saâdi
Producer
Fred Baker
Executive Producer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Gillo Pontecorvo
Original Music Composer
Mario Morra
Editor
Marcello Gatti
Director of Photography
Ali Marok
Assistant Camera
Kamel Djebara
Set Photographer
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Production Supervisor
Giuliano Montaldo
Second Unit
Moussa Haddad
Assistant Director
Bruno Nicolai
Music Director
Mohamed Zinet
Production Coordinator
Noureddine Brahimi
Production Director
Sarah Maldoror
Assistant Director
Margherita Autuori
Unit Publicist
Sarah Maldoror
Creative Consultant