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The battle of Algiers, La bataille d'Alger, un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scňario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi

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The battle of Algiers, La bataille d'Alger, un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scňario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi
Language
fre
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The battle of Algiers
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
55859304
Responsibility statement
un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scňario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi
Runtime
123
Series statement
Criterion collection, 249
Sub title
La bataille d'Alger
Summary
Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Bataille d'Alger
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