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La battaglia di Algeri (1966)
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20 September 1967 (USA)
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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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Bomb
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Independence
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Revolution
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 7 wins
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(4 articles)
Portrait of the artist: Mira Nair, film director
(From The Guardian - Film News. 9 November 2009, 2:30 PM, PST)
ReThinking The Battle of Algiers: A Movie the Pentagon, the Black Panthers and the Ira Can Agree On
(From Huffington Post. 11 September 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 9 November 2009, 2:30 PM, PST)
ReThinking The Battle of Algiers: A Movie the Pentagon, the Black Panthers and the Ira Can Agree On
(From Huffington Post. 11 September 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)
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Should be mandatory viewing for every American
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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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This film was shot like a documentary. It was very rarely shown in France until recently, and the torture scenes were cut in the US and UK.
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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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Journalist:
The law's often inconvenient, Colonel.
Col. Mathieu: And those who explode bombs in public places, do they respect the law perhaps? When you put that question to Ben M'Hidi, remember what he said?
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Col. Mathieu: And those who explode bombs in public places, do they respect the law perhaps? When you put that question to Ben M'Hidi, remember what he said?
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Featured in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
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Who set the first bomb...the French or the Arabs?Is this movie based on a novel?
A Note Regarding Spoilers
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"Battle of Algiers" is simply one of the greatest films every made. If film making can be about truth as well as fantasy, then a movie that includes a title card telling viewers that there is not one foot of documentary or newsreel footage in it must deserve viewing.
"Battle of Algiers" contains scenes that seem so real, you suspect that they couldn't have been staged. When three Algerian women come down from the Casbah to plant bombs in the French quarter of the city, you can almost cut the tension with a knife. When the bombs go off, you think they must have been real bombs. And when you see the devastation they leave in their wake, you cannot fail to be moved. The massive rebellion in the streets at the end of the film also seems so real, you sit wondering how many extras must have been injured filming those scenes.
"Battle of Algiers" combines brilliant photography, crisp direction, an intriguing plot and some very fine acting. Throw in a terrific music score, splendid editing, impressive special effects and the best example ever of docudrama style production and you have a masterpiece of film making.
But film making is not nearly as important as human life and no film in general release today says more about America's current involvement in the middle east and many other parts of the world than this picture about the French in Algeria, made more than three decades ago.
Every American should view this film, then think about our current occupation of Iraq.