The battle of Algiers / un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial ed.
Publication InfoIrvington, NY : Criterion Collection, ©2004.
Description3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 pages ; 19 cm)
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Subjects

Other author/creatorPontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006.
Other author/creatorSolinas, Franco, 1927-1982.
Other author/creatorHaggiag, Brahim.
Other author/creatorMartin, Jean.
Other author/creatorSaadi, Yacef, 1928-2021
Other author/creatorKerbash, Samia.
Other author/creatorPaletti, Ugo.
Other author/creatorGatti, M. (Marcello)
Other author/creatorMorricone, Ennio.
Other author/creatorCasbah Films.
Other author/creatorIgor Film.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Other title La bataille d'Alger
Portion of title Battle of Algiers
SeriesThe criterion collection ; 249
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 249. ^A506835
Abstract Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1966.
General noteSpecial features: Disc 1: theatrical and re-release trailers; production gallery. Disc 2: "Gillo Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth," a 37 min. documentary made in 1992 about Pontecorvo; The making of The battle of Algiers (51 min.); Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discuss the film (17 min.). Disc 3: "Remembering history," a 69 min. documentary about the Algerian Revolution; "États d'armes," 28 min. of excerpts from Patrick Rotman's 3-part documentary, L'Ennemi Intime, which focuses on the horror of the Revolution; "The battle of Algiers, a case study" a 25 min. conversation about the contemporary relevance of The battle of Algiers between former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Michael A. Sheehan, and Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, Christopher E. Isham; "Gillo Pontecorvo's Return to Algiers" (1992) (58 min.).
CreditsDirector of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Serandrei & Mario Morra ; music, Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo ; production designer, Sergio Canevari.
Cast Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageFrench and Arabic dialogue, optional English subtitles.
Genre/formWar films.
Genre/formWar films Algeria.
Genre/formWar films Italy.
Genre/formHistorical films.
Genre/formHistorical films Algeria.
Genre/formHistorical films Italy.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formFeature films Algeria.
Genre/formFeature films Italy.
Genre/formForeign films.
ISBN0780028872
ISBN9780780028876
UPC 037429195628
Publisher numberBAT120 Criterion Collection

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