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The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) (1966)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama, War
Release Date:September 20, 1967
Running time:120 minutes
Cast:Brahim Haggiag, Yacef Saadi, Jean Martin, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti
Director:Gillo Pontecorvo
Producer:Antonio Musu, Yacef Saadi
Writer:Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas
Distributor:Rialto Pictures

Description: True-to-life chronicle of the Algerian people's struggle to overthrow the French Colonial Government in the mid-1950s. The focus is thrown on the leaders of the Liberation Movement and the French general who is driven obsessively with catching them.

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