Bibliograph

La Bataille d'Alger, The Battle of Algiers, un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi

Type

Label

La Bataille d'Alger, The Battle of Algiers, un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

La Bataille d'Alger

Oclc number

55859304

Responsibility statement

un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi

Runtime

121

Series statement

The Criterion collection, 249

Sub title

The Battle of Algiers

Summary

Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed

Table Of Contents

disc. 1. The battle of Algiers (121 min.) -- disc. 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc. 3. The film and history

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Battle of Algiers

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