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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.
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It's the mid 1950s and the population of Algeria are increasingly determined to break free from the colonial administration of France. From one perspective it's a fight for freedom, from the other a r... read more
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Cast

Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe

Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu

Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar

Fouzia El Kader
Halima

Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar

Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir

Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN

Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)

Noureddine Brahimi
Responsable FLN

Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi

Abderrahmane Brahimi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois
Samia Kerbash
Fathia
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Director

Gillo Pontecorvo
Director
Fernando Morandi
Assistant Director

Moussa Haddad
Assistant Director

Sarah Maldoror
Assistant Director
Creator

Franco Solinas
Writer

Gillo Pontecorvo
Writer