IMDB: 8.1 September 20, 1967 121 min Drama, War Algeria, Italy Gillo Pontecorvo Jean Martin, Brahim Hadjadj, Yacef Saadi
The Battle of Algiers: Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in nineteen fifty-seven. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.