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Synopsis
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.
Ratings
| Source | Rating | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| IMDb | 8.1/10 | 42% |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 99% | 21% |
| Metacritic | 96/100 | 21% |
| TMDB | 7.9/10946 votes | 16% |
| Balasaur Score | 88 | 100% |
Key crew
- Gillo PontecorvoDirector, Original Music Composer
- Franco SolinasWriter
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brahim HadjadjAli La Pointe
- Jean MartinColonel Philippe Mathieu
- Yacef SaâdiEl-Hadi Jaffar
- Samia KerbashFathia
- Ugo PalettiCaptain
- Fouzia El KaderHalima
- Mohamed Ben KassenPetit Omar
- Si Mohamed BaghdadiLarbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)
- Franco MoruzziMahmoud (uncredited)
- Tomasso NeriCaptain Dubois (uncredited)
- RouichedThe Drunk Man (uncredited)
- Gene Wesson(uncredited)
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Themes
Movies of the 1960s
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