The Battle of Algiers
The Revolt that Stirred the World!
Cast & Crew
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
Col. Mathieu
Yacef Saadi
Djafar
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Fusia El Kader
Halima
Samia Kerbash
One of the girls
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Directing
Gillo Pontecorvo
Director
Lighting
Nazzareno Belardinelli
Gaffer
Art
Sergio Canevari
Production Design
Camera
Silvano Mancini
Camera Operator
Fun Facts of Movie
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels’ struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
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