The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

La battaglia di Algeri

The Revolt that Stirred the World!

121 min★ 8.1 · 77,274 votes

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.

Release date
August 31, 1966
Country of origin
Italy, Algeria
Music
Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo
Budget
$800,000
Box office
$964,028

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Trailer

Soundtrack

Original scoreLa battaglia di Algeri1967 · 10 tracks
  1. Algiers November 1, 1954instrumental2:23
  2. Street of Tebesinstrumental2:41
  3. June 1956: The People Revoltinstrumental0:53
  4. The Battle of Algiers Marchinstrumental2:58
  5. Sorrow in the Casbahinstrumental1:42
  6. Theme of Aliinstrumental2:44
  7. July 1956: Underground Re-Explodesinstrumental2:46
  8. Clandestine Marriageinstrumental2:17
  9. January 1957: Surrounding the Casbahinstrumental1:13
  10. Torturesinstrumental1:32

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