La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Cheikh Djemaï

Featured Cast

Gillo Pontecorvo

Self (archive footage)

Ali Marok

Self

Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Yacef Saâdi

Self (archive footage)

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Petit Omar (archive footage)

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