The Battle of Algiers

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.

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  Brahim Hadjadj

  Ali La Pointe
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  Jean Martin

  Colonel Philippe Mathieu
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  Yacef Saâdi

  El-Hadi Jaffar
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  Fouzia El Kader

  Halima
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  Mohamed Ben Kassen

  Petit Omar
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  Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
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  Larbi Zekkal

  Combattant FLN
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  Rouiched

  The Drunk Man (uncredited)
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  Noureddine Brahimi

  Responsable FLN
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  Si Mohamed Baghdadi

  Larbi Ben M'hidi