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La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

Genres

Documentary

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

52 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

01 January 2018

Country

Algeria

Cast

Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo

Self (archive footage)

Ali Marok

Ali Marok

Self

Brahim Hadjadj

Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Yacef Saâdi

Yacef Saâdi

Self (archive footage)

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Petit Omar (archive footage)

Fouzia El Kader

Fouzia El Kader

Self (archive footage)

Noureddine Brahimi

Noureddine Brahimi

Self (archive footage)

Claudio Racca

Claudio Racca

Self

Fatiha Djoudi

Fatiha Djoudi

Self

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