Overview - The Battle of Algiers

Overview

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.

Cast

• Name: Brahim Hadjadj

  Character: Ali La Pointe

  Popularity: 0.5029

  

• Name: Mohamed Ben Kassen

  Character: Petit Omar

  Popularity: 0.5022

  

• Name: Yacef Saâdi

  Character: El-Hadi Jaffar

  Popularity: 0.4919

  

• Name: Fouzia El Kader

  Character: Halima

  Popularity: 0.6605

  

• Name: Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

  Character:

  Popularity: 0.5535

  

• Name: Larbi Zekkal

  Character: Combattant FLN

  Popularity: 0.5902

  

• Name: Rouiched

  Character: The Drunk Man (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.5221

  

• Name: Noureddine Brahimi

  Character: Responsable FLN

  Popularity: 0.391