"The Battle of Algiers" (Italian: La Battaglia di Algeri, Arabic: معركة الجزائر), is an Algerian-Italian film by Gillo Pontecorvo, released in 1966.
Features Collector's Edition 2DVD
Original title: La Battaria di Algeri
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Screenplay: Gillo Pontecorvo
Music by: Ennio Morricone
Publisher: Studio Canal
Language 1: French
Pal / Black White (DVD1) / Color (DVD2)
Stereo
Content
Film: The Battle of Algiers
Exclusive interviews with Gillo Pontecorvo the director, Saadi Yacef and Jean Martin (Comedians)
Documentaries: "The Battle of the Battle of Algiers", "The historical context"
The story takes place essentially between 1954 and 1957 and takes as its setting, as its title indicates, the Battle of Algiers. It is a reconstruction of the real battle of Algiers in 1957, on the occasion of the uprising of the Muslim Algerian population by the FLN against the French colonial power, and the attempt by the paratrooper detachment of the French army to "pacify" the sector.
The film mainly traces the story of Ali la Pointe during "the battle of Algiers", and the fight for control of the Casbah district in Algiers, between FLN militants and French paratroopers of the 10th DP , during the Algerian War.
According to the ranking established by Sight & Sound, the British Film Institute's film magazine, The Battle of Algiers is ranked 48th on the 50 best films of all time, and 120th on Empire magazine's list of the 500 best films of all time. all the time.
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