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The battle of Algiers = La bataille d'Alger
Title
The battle of Algiers = [videorecording] La bataille d'Alger / un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scňario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi.
ISBN
0780028872
Edition
Special ed.
Published
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, c2004.
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (123 min.) : sd., b&w and col.; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 p. ; 19 cm.)
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Special features: Disc 1: theatrical and re-release trailers; production gallery. Disc 2: "Gillo Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth," a 37 min. documentary made in 1992 about Pontecorvo; The making of The battle of Algiers (51 min.); Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discuss the film (17 min.). Disc 3: "Remembering history," a 69 min. documentary about the Algerian Revolution; "États d'armes," 28 min. of excerpts from Patrick Rotman's 3-part documentary, L'Ennemi Intime, which focuses on the horror of the Revolution; "The battle of Algiers, a case study" a 25 min. conversation about the contemporary relevance of The battle of Algiers between former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Michael A. Sheehan, and Chief of Investigative Projects for ABC News, Christopher E. Isham; "Gillo Pontecorvo's Return to Algiers" (1992) (58 min.).
Director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Serandrei & Mario Morra ; music, Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo ; production designer, Sergio Canevari.
French and Arabic dialogue, optional English subtitles.
Summary
Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.
Variant and related titles
La bataille d'Alger
Battle of Algiers
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French; Arabic
Added to Catalog
April 12, 2005
Series
The criterion collection ; 249
Credits
Director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Serandrei & Mario Morra ; music, Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo ; production designer, Sergio Canevari.
Cast
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader.
System details note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
Videorecording number
BAT120 Criterion Collection
Subjects
Also listed under
Casbah Films.
Igor Film.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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