The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) (1. This highly political film about the Algerian struggle for independence from France took . The bulk of the film is shot in flashback, presented as the memories of Ali (Brahim Haggiag), a leading member of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), when finally captured by the French in 1. Three years earlier, Ali was a petty thief who joined the secretive organization in order to help rid the Casbah of vice associated with the colonial government. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell what soon becomes a nationwide revolt. After the flashback, Ali and the last of the FLN leaders are killed, and the film takes on a more general focus, leading to the declaration of Algerian independence in 1. Director Gillo Pontecorvo's careful re- creation of a complicated guerrilla struggle presents a rather partisan view of some complex social and political issues, which got the film banned in France for many years. That should not come as a surprise, for La Battaglia di Algeri was subsidized by the Algerian government and - - with the exception of Jean Martin and Tommaso Neri as French officers - - the cast was entirely Algerian as well. At least three versions exist, running 1. La battaglia di Algeri (br.: A batalha de Argel) The Battle of Algiers, Italian La battaglia di Algeri, Italian-Algerian war film, released in 1966, that is the signature achievement of director Gillo Pontecorvo and. Un film storico da rivedere per comprendere alcune problematiche ancora attuali. La Battaglia Di Algeri IzleNell'ottobre 1957, mentre i paracadutisti del colonnello Mathieu rastrellano la Casbah, Ali La Pointe, uno dei capi della guerriglia algerina, rievoca il passato, l. La Battaglia di Algeri (t
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