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The Battle Of Algiers

1965, Movie, NR, 120 mins

BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE | MAARAKAT ALGER
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Never has a fictional film looked so much like a documentary, nor has a 40-year-old film ever seemed so timely. Shot almost entirely on location and using a cast of mostly nonprofessionals, director Gillo Pontecorvo crafted a pulse-pounding, you-are-there account of the struggle for Algerian independence and the Algerian Liberation Front's use of a terrifying, unconventional weapon: the suicide bomber. Read the complete review for The Battle Of Algiers
Year: 1965
Rated NR

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Cast
Yacef Saadi: Kader
Jean Martin: Colonel
Brahim Haggiag: Ali La Pointe
Tommaso Neri: Captain
Samia Kerbash: One of the Girls
Fawzia el Kader: Halima

 

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