La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.
Director: Cheikh Djemaï
Writer: Cheikh Djemaï
Cast
Gillo Pontecorvo
Self (archive footage)
Ali Marok
Self
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
Yacef Saâdi
Self (archive footage)
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar (archive footage)
Fouzia El Kader
Self (archive footage)
Noureddine Brahimi
Self (archive footage)
Claudio Racca
Self
Fatiha Djoudi
Self
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