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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.

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The Battle of Algiers

September 8, 1966
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Cast (17)

Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Noureddine Brahimi
Responsable FLN
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi
Abderrahmane Brahimi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)

Crew (37)

Directing

Sarah Maldoror
Assistant Director
Moussa Haddad
Assistant Director
Fernando Morandi
Assistant Director

Writing

Production

Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Production Supervisor
Antonio Musu
Producer
Mohamed Zinet
Production Coordinator
Noureddine Brahimi
Production Director
Fred Baker
Executive Producer
Sergio Merolle
Production Manager
Yacef Saâdi
Producer

Sound

Alberto Bartolomei
Sound Designer
Omar Bouksani
Sound Designer
Bruno Nicolai
Music Director
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Gillo Pontecorvo
Original Music Composer

Art

Sergio Canevari
Production Design

Camera

Claudio Racca
Camera Operator
Ali Marok
Assistant Camera
Silvano Mancini
Camera Operator
Kamel Djebara
Set Photographer
Marcello Gatti
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Maurizio Giustini
Makeup Artist
Hamdi Mohamed
Hairstylist

Crew

Enrico Lucherini
Unit Publicist
Sarah Maldoror
Creative Consultant
Aldo Gasparri
Special Effects
Giuliano Montaldo
Second Unit
Matteo Spinola
Unit Publicist
Margherita Autuori
Unit Publicist

Editing

Lina Caterini
Assistant Editor
Anna Maria Montanari
First Assistant Editor
Mario Morra
Editor

Lighting

Visual Effects

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