The Battle of Algiers

Release Date: 1966-09-08

Runtime: 121

Languages: العربية | English | Français

Rating: 7.8

Votes: 805

Genres: Drama | War | History

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Description: 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 i...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.Read More

Production Companies:

Igor Film

Casbah Film