"The Battle Of Algiers" is a one of a kind masterpiece of pure cinema that you will never forget.
Battle of Algiers (1966)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:67
Rotten:1
Average Rating:9/10
Consensus: A powerful, documentary-like examination of the response to an occupying force, The Battle of Algiers hasn't aged a bit since its release in 1966.
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Box Office: $188,820
Synopsis: Gillo Pontecorvo's presents a harrowing, documentary-style depiction of the Algerian's people's struggle to liberate themselves from France between 1954 and 1962. The film creates a stunning... Gillo Pontecorvo's presents a harrowing, documentary-style depiction of the Algerian's people's struggle to liberate themselves from France between 1954 and 1962. The film creates a stunning illusion of realism by combining actual newsreel footage with staged sequences featuring amateur and professional actors playing characters based on real people (including Saadi Yacef, the one-time leader of the FLN in occupied Algiers). With it's depiction of political torture and violence retaining every bit of the impact they had upon the film's original release, THE BATTLE FOR ALGIERS was re-released theatrically in 2003 to great acclaim and reevaluation. Winner of 11 International Film awards. [More]
Starring: Yacef Saadi, Jean Martin, Brahim Haggiag
Starring: Yacef Saadi, Jean Martin, Brahim Haggiag
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Screenwriter: Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas
Composer: Ennio Morricone
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Reviews for Battle of Algiers
A riveting reconstruction of the struggle for independence in mid-50s Algiers, its pseudo-documentary style still feels as headline-fresh as its content.
Gillo Pontecorvo's epic of revolutionary fervour has dimmed not an iota since it was first released in 1966.
Whatever they made of The Battle of Algiers at the Pentagon, this is a must-see for everyone else now.
Brilliantly directed set-pieces and remarkable thronging crowd scenes make the film a masterpiece; the ominous familiarity of its subject makes it a must-see.
The most important piece of political filmmaking since Battleship Potemkin.
The inspiration and blueprint for docudrama and ideological cinema worldwide.
what really resonates on watching Algiers is its message about the widespread loss of civilian life and the staggering destruction to civic infrastructure as the heaviest costs of war
While it's clear that the movie is very much a stacked deck, which invariably takes the Algerian side, the bias doesn't lessen the film's lesson.
What lessons a modern viewer can gain from the film depends on who is watching and what they want to see.
A thrilling movie with the unusual message that sometimes terrorism works.
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