The Battle of Algiers

The Revolt that Stirred the World!

121 mins
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.

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

Gene Wesson

(uncredited)

Gillo Pontecorvo

Original Music Composer

Fred Baker

Executive Producer

Yacef Saâdi

Producer

Antonio Musu

Producer

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Marcello Gatti

Director of Photography

Hamdi Mohamed

Hairstylist

Maurizio Giustini

Makeup Artist

Claudio Racca

Camera Operator

Silvano Mancini

Camera Operator

Anna Maria Montanari

First Assistant Editor

Sergio Canevari

Production Design

Ali Marok

Assistant Camera

Kamel Djebara

Set Photographer

Fernando Morandi

Assistant Director

Sergio Merolle

Production Manager

Aldo Gasparri

Special Effects

Moussa Haddad

Assistant Director

Matteo Spinola

Unit Publicist

Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

Production Supervisor

Lina Caterini

Assistant Editor

Bruno Nicolai

Music Director

Mohamed Zinet

Production Coordinator

Noureddine Brahimi

Production Director

Sarah Maldoror

Assistant Director

Omar Bouksani

Sound Designer

Alberto Bartolomei

Sound Designer

Enrico Lucherini

Unit Publicist

Margherita Autuori

Unit Publicist

Sarah Maldoror

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