La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

Jan 1, 2018

0h 52m

★ 10.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Djinn Productions

France Télévisions

CNC

PROCIREP

Angoa-Agicoa

Label Vidéo

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Gillo Pontecorvo

Self

Ali Marok

Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Brahim Hadjadj

Self (archive footage)

Yacef Saâdi

Petit Omar (archive footage)

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Self (archive footage)

Fouzia El Kader

Self (archive footage)

Noureddine Brahimi

Self

Claudio Racca

Self

Fatiha Djoudi

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