The Battle of Algiers
About The Battle of Algiers
Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.
The Battle of Algiers is a 1966 history war film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. At 122 minutes long, it arrived in September 1966.
Brahim Hadjadj appears as Ali La Pointe, Jean Martin as Colonel Philippe Mathieu, Yacef Saâdi as El-Hadi Jaffar, and Samia Kerbash as Fathia. Written by Franco Solinas.
Shelv files it under revolution, resistance fighter, algerian war (1954-62), and anti-colonialism. It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States.
Fanon, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, and Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) make useful companions to The Battle of Algiers, all filed under algerian. It scores 7.9 out of 10 from 946 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.