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The Battle of Algiers (French: La Bataille d'Alger; Italian: La battaglia di Algeri; Arabic: معركة الجزائر, romanized: Maʿrakat al-Jazāʾir) is a 1966 Italian-Algerian war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. It is based on action undertaken by rebels during the Algerian War (1954–1962) against the French government in North Africa, the most prominent being the eponymous Battle of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It was shot on location in a Roberto Rossellini-inspired newsreel style: in black and white with documentary-type editing to add to its sense of historical authenticity, with mostly non-professional actors who had lived through the real battle. The film's score was composed by Pontecorvo and Ennio Morricone. It is often associated with Italian neorealist cinema.
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Writer
- Gillo Pontecorvo · Saadi Yacef · Franco Solinas
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- Release date
- 31 August 1966 · Released
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Country of origin
- Italy, Algeria
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Genres
- Drama · Historical · War
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Schlacht um Algier
- Español
- La batalla de Argel
- Italiano
- La battaglia di Algeri
- 日本語
- アルジェの戦い
- 한국어
- 알제리 전투
- Polski
- Bitwa o Algier
- Themes
- Algerian War ↗ revolution ↗
Data from Wikidata (CC0). Description adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): Wikipedia · Poster from Wikimedia Commons.