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TMDb
7.9
The Battle of Algiers
PG
08 Sep 1966
2 hr 1 mins
Drama
War
History
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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Ali La Pointe
El-Hadi Jaffar
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Combattant FLN
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Responsable FLN
Larbi Ben M'hidi
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