The Battle of Algiers (1966)
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.
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Cast
- Brahim Hadjadj — Ali La Pointe
- Jean Martin — Colonel Philippe Mathieu
- Yacef Saâdi — El-Hadi Jaffar
- Samia Kerbash — Fathia
- Ugo Paletti — Captain
- Fouzia El Kader — Halima
- Mohamed Ben Kassen — Petit Omar
- Si Mohamed Baghdadi — Larbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)
- Franco Moruzzi — Mahmoud (uncredited)
- Tomasso Neri — Captain Dubois (uncredited)
- Rouiched — The Drunk Man (uncredited)
- Gene Wesson — (uncredited)
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