Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control

The read

It runs a compact 53m.

Synopsis

World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain. A strict colonial order is maintained: the French of European origin rule, while local Jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the mainly Muslim population increases.

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Key crew

• Jacques AttaliWriter
• Stéphane BenhamouWriter
• Stéphane BenhamouDirector

Cast

• Charles de GaulleSelf (archive footages)
• Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footages)
• Franklin D. RooseveltSelf
• François DarlanSelf
• Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footages)
• Henri GiraudSelf (archive footages)
• Benjamin StoraSelf
• Clémence Harimi-ZaradezSelf
• Alain ChouraquiSelf
• Jean LaloumSelf
• Christine Levisse-TouzéSelf
• Jacob OlielSelf

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