The Battle of Algiers

You land in Algiers a paratroop colonel, tasked to break the FLN. But their elusive leader escalates attacks. The city strains. Pontecorvo's camera implicates everyone. It's less a chronicle than a shared reckoning.

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Gillo Pontecorvo directed The Battle of Algiers in 1966. See Gillo Pontecorvo's full filmography, where to start with Gillo Pontecorvo, or where to go after you've seen everything by Gillo Pontecorvo.

The Battle of Algiers was released in 1966 (IT original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.