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
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Abderrahmane Brahimi
as Le Marié de la Casbah
Jean Martin
as Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Fouzia El Kader
as Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen
as Petit Omar
Noureddine Brahimi
as Responsable FLN
Brahim Hadjadj
as Ali La Pointe
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Larbi Zekkal
as Combattant FLN
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
as Larbi Ben M'hidi
Yacef Saâdi
as El-Hadi Jaffar
Rouiched
as The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Crew
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Production Supervisor
Mario Morra
Editor
Marcello Gatti
Director of Photography
Moussa Haddad
Assistant Director
Noureddine Brahimi
Production Director
Sarah Maldoror
Assistant Director, Creative Consultant
Fred Baker
Executive Producer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Bruno Nicolai
Music Director
Mohamed Zinet
Production Coordinator
Franco Solinas
Writer
Giuliano Montaldo
Second Unit
Ali Marok
Assistant Camera
Kamel Djebara
Set Photographer
Gillo Pontecorvo
Original Music Composer, Director, Writer
Yacef Saâdi
Producer
Margherita Autuori
Unit Publicist