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The Battle of Algiers
La battaglia di Algeri
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
September 8, 19662h 2mNo grades yet
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Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.
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