Film
The Battle of Algiers
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.
Overview
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.
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)
