
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.
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

Fouzia El Kader
Halima

Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar

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

Samia Kerbash
Fathia

Ugo Paletti
Captain

Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Crew (37)
Directing

Sarah Maldoror
Assistant Director

Moussa Haddad
Assistant Director

Gillo Pontecorvo
Director

Fernando Morandi
Assistant Director
Writing

Franco Solinas
Writer

Gillo Pontecorvo
Writer
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

Mario Serandrei
Editor

Lina Caterini
Assistant Editor

Anna Maria Montanari
First Assistant Editor

Mario Morra
Editor
Lighting

Nazzareno Belardinelli
Gaffer