The Battle of Algiers (1966)
La battaglia di Algeri
"The Revolt that Stirred the World!"
Critics Score
🎬 98%
(RT: 99%, MC: 96) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Brahim Hadjadj as Ali La Pointe
Yacef Saâdi as El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader as Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen as Petit Omar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Larbi Zekkal as Combattant FLN
Rouiched as The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Is The Battle of Algiers good?
Yes. 92% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 98%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable. Wikipedia ↗
