The Battle of Algiers: A Film Within History
In 1965, three years after independence from Algeria, Gillo Pontecorvo began filming an ambitious film reconstructing the Battle of Algiers that depicts the struggle between Algiers paratroopers General Massu and the FLN networks.
Starring
Yacine Boushaki, Nour Eddine Brahimi, Hocine Zehouane
Director
Malek Bensmaïl
