La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte

Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.

Cast

Gillo Pontecorvo

Gillo Pontecorvo

as Self (archive footage)

Ali Marok

Ali Marok

as Self

Brahim Hadjadj

Brahim Hadjadj

as Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Yacef Saâdi

Yacef Saâdi

as Self (archive footage)

Mohamed Ben Kassen

Mohamed Ben Kassen

as Petit Omar (archive footage)

Fouzia El Kader

Fouzia El Kader

as Self (archive footage)

Noureddine Brahimi

Noureddine Brahimi

as Self (archive footage)

Claudio Racca

Claudio Racca

as Self

Fatiha Djoudi

Fatiha Djoudi

as Self

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