Movie: L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"

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Noureddine Brahimi
Noureddine Brahimi

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Fouzia El Kader
Fouzia El Kader

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Brahim Hadjadj
Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Yacef Saâdi
Saadi Yacef

Self

Rouiched
Rouiched

Self (archive footage)

Abderrahmane Brahimi
Abderrahmane Brahimi

Le Jeune Marié de la Casbah (archive footage)

Mohamed Ben Kassen
Mohamed Ben Kassen

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Kamel Djebara
Kamel Djebara

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Fatiha Djoudi
Fatiha Djoudi

La Mariée de la Casbah

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    L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"

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    More than fifty years after the release of the film “The Battle of Algiers” in theaters in June 1966, director Salim Aggar found, after a search which lasted more than a year and a half, the actors, extras and technicians who worked on the film directed by Gillo Pentecorvo and produced by Yacef Saadi. In this documentary full of anecdotes and stories about the filming of the film, the director found the actress who played the role of Hassiba Ben Bouali, the young 17-year-old actress who played Bouhamidi's bride but especially certain figures important parts of the film who were barely 10 years old at the time of filming and who no one will recognize today. Beyond the important historical aspect of the film, the documentary focused mainly on the social, cinematographic and cultural aspect of the film and its impact on a generation which had just regained independence.

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    2018-01-01

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