The Battle Of Algiers
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...
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | French Arabic English |
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Irvington, NY :
Criterion Collection,
c2004.
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| Edition: | Special ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
249 |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
| Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 1.0 mono. |
| Awards: | Venice Film Festive, Golden Lion, 1966; International Film Critics Award, 1966; City of Venice Award, 1966. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; editors, Mario Serandrei & Mario Morra ; music, Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo ; production designer, Sergio Canevari. |
| ISBN: | 0780028872 9780780028876 |
