

Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.
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The Battle of Algiers was directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
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The Battle of Algiers runs for 2h 2min, and was released in 1966.
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