The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo
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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.
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Cast
Brahim Hadjadj as Ali La Pointe
Yacef Saâdi as El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader as Halima
Jean Martin as Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Mohamed Ben Kassen as Petit Omar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir as
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
Fatiha Djoudi as La Mariée de la Casbah
Franco Moruzzi as Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri as Captain Dubois
Samia Kerbash as Fathia
Ugo Paletti as Captain
Gene Wesson as (uncredited)
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