La bataille d' Alger = the Battle of Algiers / Casbah Film présente ; un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production, Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi avec la collaboration de Igor Film-Rome.
The film is considered one of the most influential political films in history, by Gillo Pontecorvo. Vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank r...
| Uniform Title: | Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)
Criterion collection ; 249. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | French Arabic English |
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French |
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In French and Arabic; with optional English subtitles. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2013]
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| Series: | Criterion collection ;
249. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages ; 18 cm). |
| Variant Title: |
Battle of Algiers. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- disc 1. The film
- disc 2. Pontecorvo and the film
- disc 3. The film and history.