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Battle of Algiers

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Battle of Algiers (1966)

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Reviews Counted:45

Fresh:20

Rotten:25

Average Rating:2.3/10

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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The inspiration and blueprint for docudrama and ideological cinema worldwide.

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02/16/05
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The film is widely recognized as a masterpiece and has solidly withstood the tests of time and changing political currents.

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Extraordinarily powerful.

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12/06/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
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What must surely be the best film (re)released in theatres this year has become what could also be the best single-title DVD package of the year.

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a sharply political film that draws the viewer in with its documentary aesthetic as it relives a crucial moment of anti-colonial resistance

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