Overview - The Battle of Algiers

Overview

Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.

Cast

• Name: Brahim Hadjadj

  Character: Ali La Pointe

  Popularity: 1.711

  

• Name: Yacef Saâdi

  Character: El-Hadi Jaffar

  Popularity: 0.475

  

• Name: Fouzia El Kader

  Character: Halima

  Popularity: 1.186

  

• Name: Jean Martin

  Character: Colonel Philippe Mathieu

  Popularity: 3.557

  

• Name: Mohamed Ben Kassen

  Character: Petit Omar

  Popularity: 1.082

  

• Name: Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

  Character:

  Popularity: 6.492

  

• Name: Larbi Zekkal

  Character: Combattant FLN

  Popularity: 1.225

  

• Name: Rouiched

  Character: The Drunk Man (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.316