The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
While he tries by all means to stay out of the bloody upheavals caused by the battle of Algiers, Hassan, an honest and naive father, unknowingly offers hospitality to a mujahid actively sought by the army. French. A series of events and misunderstandings quickly catapult him to the forefront, presenting him under the pseudonym “Hassan Terro”, a great fictitious terrorist who would have sworn the doom of the French army...
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaWriter
- Mohammed Lakhdar-HaminaDirector
- André ChamouxOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- RouichedHassan Terro
- Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)Wife
- Larbi ZekkalThe Terrorist
- Bernard VerleyCast
- Sid Ali KouiretHamid
- Boualem TiticheLe célèbre musicien
- Mustapha KatebCast
- Mahieddine BachtarziCast
- Ahmed Kadri (Krikèche)Cast
- Hassan El-HassaniBahri
- Mostéfa StitiCast
- Allel El MouhibCast
Stills
Themes
africacolonialismalgeriaalgerian war (1954-62)maghrebdjazairalgerian resistanceindependance war