The Battle of Algiers
Maarakat madinat al Jazaerby Gillo Pontecorvo2h011966Italy
Recommended byStanley Kubrick, Laurent Cantet, Costa Gavras, Ken Loach, Jerry Schatzberg, Lodge Kerrigan, Abel Ferrara, Bruce LaBruce, Paul Schrader
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In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Production Compagny : Igor Film, Casbah Film
- Executive Producer : Fred Baker
- Original Music : Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo
- Editing : Mario Morra, Mario Serandrei
- Director : Gillo Pontecorvo
- Scenario : Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas
- Photo Director : Marcello Gatti
- Set Decoration : Giovanni Axerio
- Costume Design : Sergio Canevari
- Sound Recorder : Omar Bouksani
- Producer : Antonio Musu, Yacef Saadi
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1966
- French release date : 21 octobre 1971
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : English
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