La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

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La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.

Release Date

2018-01-01

Year

2018

Duration

52m

Status

Released

Score

10.00

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Cast

Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo

Self (archive footage)

Ali Marok

Ali Marok

Brahim Hadjadj

Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

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Yacef Saâdi

Self (archive footage)

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Petit Omar (archive footage)

Fouzia El Kader

Fouzia El Kader

Self (archive footage)

Noureddine Brahimi

Noureddine Brahimi

Self (archive footage)

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Claudio Racca

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Fatiha Djoudi