The Battle of Algiers

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.

• Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
• Gillo PontecorvoWriter
• Gillo PontecorvoOriginal Music Composer
• Gillo PontecorvoDirector
• Franco SolinasWriter

• Brahim HadjadjAli La Pointe
• Jean MartinColonel Philippe Mathieu
• Yacef SaâdiEl-Hadi Jaffar
• Fouzia El KaderHalima
• Mohamed Ben KassenPetit Omar
• Hadj Smaine Mohamed SeghirCast
• Larbi ZekkalCombattant FLN
• RouichedThe Drunk Man (uncredited)
• Noureddine BrahimiResponsable FLN
• Si Mohamed BaghdadiLarbi Ben M'hidi
• Abderrahmane BrahimiLe Marié de la Casbah
• Fatiha DjoudiLa Mariée de la Casbah