Where was The Battle of Algiers filmed?
1967 film, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
- Algiers
The story is set in Algeria.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- Algeria
- Filmed in
- Algiers
About The Battle of Algiers
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- Released
- 1967
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Cast
- Jean MartinSaadi YacefBrahim HadjadjLarbi ZekkalFusia El KaderMohamed Ben Kassen
- Genre
- DramaWarHistorical
- Awards
- Golden Lion
The story
The Army raids Ali's home and tells him that he is surrounded and the "organization" is finished.
The narrative begins with the organization of revolutionary cells in the Casbah.
The tactics of the FLN guerrilla insurgency and the French counter insurgency, and the uglier incidents of the war are depicted.
Famous lines from The Battle of Algiers
Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.
Why not?Ben M'Hidi
Our pride!Demonstrator #2
No, I wasn't.Ali La Pointe
We want our freedom!Demonstrator #3
So you like Sartre, Colonel?Journalist
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