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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
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Col. Mathieu -
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Halima
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Petit Omar
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(as Franco Morici)
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Director:
Gillo PontecorvoWriters:
Franco Solinas, Franco Solinas (story), Gillo Pontecorvo (story)All Cast & Crew
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Yacef Saadi, whose memoirs were the bases of this film, played his own real life character in this film that is "Djafar".
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Ben M'Hidi:
It's hard to start a revolution. Even harder to continue it. And hardest of all to win it. But, it's only afterwards, when we have won, that the true difficulties begin. In short, Ali, there's still much to do.
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In the final scenes of the film, showing the mass street protests, the French police are backed up by armored vehicles that are, in fact, Soviet-made SU-100 tank destroyers. These were part of the Algerian military when the film was made in 1966 after independence, but would not have been present or used by the French at any time.
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Drama | WarDetails
Release Date:
20 September 1967Language
French, Arabic, English
Country of Origin
Algeria, ItalyBox Office
Budget:
$800,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$13,536 (USA) (9 October 2016)
Gross:
$55,908 (USA) (6 January 2017)
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