Yacef Saâdi
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Yacef Saâdi (20 January 1928 – 10 September 2021) was an Algerian independence fighter, serving as a leader of the National Liberation Front during his country's war of independence. After the Algerian War, Yacef helped produce Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo's film The Battle of Algiers (1966), based on Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger. Yacef played a character modeled on his own experiences (named as Djafar) in the battle. He began his professional life as a baker's apprentice. In 1945 he ...
Known For
The Battle of Algiers
El-Hadi Jaffar
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
Self
War 2 War
Self (archive footage)
Terror's Advocate
Self
It Was the War of Algeria
Self - FLN Member
Remembering History
Self
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
Self
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
War 2 War
2025
as Self (archive footage)
It Was the War of Algeria
2022
as Self - FLN Member
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
2018
as Self (archive footage)
L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"
2018
as Self
Terror's Advocate
2007
as Self
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
2007
as Self
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
2004
as Self
Remembering History
2004
as Self
The Battle of Algiers
1966
as El-Hadi Jaffar