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The Battle of Algiers is a Biography/Historical movie from 1966.

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The Battle of Algiers is a Biography/Historical movie from 1966.

The Battle of Algiers (1966) - IMDb

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/
The Battle of Algiers - Wikipedia

The Battle of Algiers (Italian: La battaglia di Algeri; Arabic: معركة الجزائر‎; French: La Bataille d'Alger) is a 1966 Italian-Algerian historical war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and starring Jean Martin and Saadi Yacef.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Algiers
The Criterion Collection - The Battle of Algiers (1966)

One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
https://www.criterion.com/films/248-the-battle-of-algiers
The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) (1967) - Rotten Tomatoes

This highly political film about the Algerian struggle for independence from France took
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_battle_of_algiers
The Battle of Algiers Movie Review (1968) | Roger Ebert

A review of The Battle of Algiers.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-battle-of-algiers-1967
The Battle of Algiers | Film | The Guardian

Peter Bradshaw: It is of its time in many ways, yet somehow more extreme, and more contemporary, than anything else around.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/may/11/drama.worldcinema
The Battle of Algiers

Algiers 1957. French soldiers have just finished using torture to interrogate an Algerian prisoner
http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/algiers.html
The Battle of Algiers - New York Movie Review

Re-creating the carnage of fifties Algeria -- bombings, assassinations, police torture -- The Battle of Algiers is as relevant today as it was in 1965.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/n_9697/
“The Battle of Algiers” at 50: From 1960s Radicalism to the Classrooms of West Point - Los Angeles Review of Books

Madeleine Dobie considers what it is that draws national security agencies to "The Battle of Algiers."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/battle-algiers-50-1960s-radicalism-classrooms-west-point
The Battle of Algiers | Film Review | Slant Magazine

Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers is a political tract that understands itself also as a cinematic exercise.
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-battle-of-algiers

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The Battle of Algiers
U.S. theatrical release poster
Italian: La battaglia di Algeri Arabic: Maʿrakat al-Jazāʾir
Directed by	Gillo Pontecorvo
Written by	Franco Solinas
Story by	Franco Solinas Gillo Pontecorvo
Based on	Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger by Saadi Yacef
Produced by	Antonio Musu Saadi Yacef
Starring	Jean Martin Saadi Yacef Brahim Haggiag Tommaso Neri
Cinematography	Marcello Gatti
Edited by	Mario Morra Mario Serandrei
Music by	Ennio Morricone Gillo Pontecorvo
Production companies	Igor Film Casbah Film
Distributed by	Allied Artists (USA)
Release dates	August 31, 1966 (1966-08-31) (Venice) September 9, 1966 (1966-09-09) (Italy) September 27, 1966 (1966-09-27) (Algeria)
Running time	136 minutes (Original version) 120 minutes (Cut version for theaters)^[1]
Countries	Italy Algeria
Languages	Arabic French
Budget	$806,735
Box office	$879,794 (domestic)^[2]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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The Battle of Algiers (1966) - IMDb

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/
The Battle of Algiers - Wikipedia

The Battle of Algiers (Italian: La battaglia di Algeri; Arabic: معركة الجزائر‎; French: La Bataille d'Alger) is a 1966 Italian-Algerian historical war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and starring Jean Martin and Saadi Yacef.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Algiers
The Criterion Collection - The Battle of Algiers (1966)

One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
https://www.criterion.com/films/248-the-battle-of-algiers
The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) (1967) - Rotten Tomatoes

This highly political film about the Algerian struggle for independence from France took
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_battle_of_algiers
The Battle of Algiers Movie Review (1968) | Roger Ebert

A review of The Battle of Algiers.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-battle-of-algiers-1967
The Battle of Algiers | Film | The Guardian

Peter Bradshaw: It is of its time in many ways, yet somehow more extreme, and more contemporary, than anything else around.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/may/11/drama.worldcinema
The Battle of Algiers

Algiers 1957. French soldiers have just finished using torture to interrogate an Algerian prisoner
http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/algiers.html
The Battle of Algiers - New York Movie Review

Re-creating the carnage of fifties Algeria -- bombings, assassinations, police torture -- The Battle of Algiers is as relevant today as it was in 1965.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/n_9697/
“The Battle of Algiers” at 50: From 1960s Radicalism to the Classrooms of West Point - Los Angeles Review of Books

Madeleine Dobie considers what it is that draws national security agencies to "The Battle of Algiers."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/battle-algiers-50-1960s-radicalism-classrooms-west-point
The Battle of Algiers | Film Review | Slant Magazine

Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers is a political tract that understands itself also as a cinematic exercise.
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-battle-of-algiers

The Battle of Algiers
U.S. theatrical release poster
Italian: La battaglia di Algeri Arabic: Maʿrakat al-Jazāʾir
Directed by	Gillo Pontecorvo
Written by	Franco Solinas
Story by	Franco Solinas Gillo Pontecorvo
Based on	Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger by Saadi Yacef
Produced by	Antonio Musu Saadi Yacef
Starring	Jean Martin Saadi Yacef Brahim Haggiag Tommaso Neri
Cinematography	Marcello Gatti
Edited by	Mario Morra Mario Serandrei
Music by	Ennio Morricone Gillo Pontecorvo
Production companies	Igor Film Casbah Film
Distributed by	Allied Artists (USA)
Release dates	August 31, 1966 (1966-08-31) (Venice) September 9, 1966 (1966-09-09) (Italy) September 27, 1966 (1966-09-27) (Algeria)
Running time	136 minutes (Original version) 120 minutes (Cut version for theaters)^[1]
Countries	Italy Algeria
Languages	Arabic French
Budget	$806,735
Box office	$879,794 (domestic)^[2]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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