Where to Watch The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers (1966) is currently streaming on Criterion Channel, Max, Plex. .
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
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Cast & Crew
Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
Samia Kerbash
Fathia
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Fouzia El Kader
Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois (uncredited)
