The Battle of Algiers

Release date: Sep 8, 1966

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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Top Cast

Colonel Philippe Mathieu

Ali La Pointe

El-Hadi Jaffar

Halima

Petit Omar

The Drunk Man (uncredited)

Responsable FLN

Le Marié de la Casbah

Combattant FLN

La Mariée de la Casbah

Mahmoud (uncredited)

Captain Dubois

Fathia

Captain

(uncredited)

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