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La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
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Overview
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Release Date:
20 September 1967 (USA)
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Tagline:
The French Colonel...who was forced even to torture! One of the many women...who stopped at nothing to win! The Algerian Street Boy...who became a rebel hero! more
Plot:
An account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history. full summary | add synopsis
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Algerian
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French
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Independence
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Bomb
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Government
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 7 wins
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(8 articles)
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Excellent movie
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Brahim Hadjadj | ... | Ali La Pointe (as Brahim Haggiag) |
| Jean Martin | ... | Col. Mathieu |
| Yacef Saadi | ... | Djafar (as Saadi Yacef) |
| Samia Kerbash | ... | One of the girls |
| Ugo Paletti | ... | Captain |
| Fusia El Kader | ... | Halima |
| Omar | ||
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| Mohamed Ben Kassen | ... | Petit Omar |
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121 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:14 |
Norway:16 |
USA:Not Rated |
South Korea:15 |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Finland:K-16 |
France:(Banned) (1965-1971) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1993) |
UK:X (original rating) |
West Germany:16 |
Australia:M
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In 2003, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon screened this film for officers and civilian experts who were discussing the challenges faced by the US military forces in Iraq. The flier inviting guests to the screening read: "How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas".
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Continuity: Ali's first assignment is to assault a police officer. During this, the cop's hat falls to the ground, and the position of the hat changes between cuts.
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Quotes:
Col. Mathieu:
We aren't madmen or sadists, gentlemen. Those who call us Fascists today, forget the contribution that many of us made to the Resistance. Those who call us Nazis, don't know that among us there are survivors of Dachau and Buchenwald. We are soldiers and our only duty is to win.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Five Directors on 'The Battle of Algiers' (2004) (V)
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Any recommendations for other movies about colonial Africa?Who set the first bomb...the French or the Arabs?
A Note Regarding Spoilers
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I ask myself why we never see these kind of movies on TV, instead of airing again and again the same old lethal weapons, jurassic parks, and other similar stuff? This is real cinema, this is why it is considered a form of art!
With the metaphysical crudeness of black and white, the dramatical facts of the Algerian rebellion against the French are accounted. The movie has the realistic appearance of a chronicle. And there are tons of intellectual honesty, too. I mean that there are no white hats VS black hats. You can see terrorists troubled as they are about to leave a bomb in a cafe. Policemen who struggle to save an arabian child from being killed by outraged crowd. Most of all, I like the frank words of Colonel Mathieu about the "bad methods" he's using during interrogations... Watch the movie and you will know.