La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

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201852m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Brahim Hadjadj

Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Photo of Yacef Saâdi

Yacef Saâdi

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Mohamed Ben Kassen

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Petit Omar (archive footage)

Photo of Fouzia El Kader

Fouzia El Kader

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Noureddine Brahimi

Noureddine Brahimi

Self (archive footage)

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