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The Battle of Algiers

Movie · 1966 · 117 min

A stark, documentary-like immersion into urban guerrilla warfare, tense and morally complex, leaving a heavy, unsettling aftertaste.

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1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo
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Year
1966
Runtime
117 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • colonialism
  • violence
  • power
  • rebellion
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, war, historical
Directed by
Gillo Pontecorvo
Written by
Gillo Pontecorvo, Saadi Yacef, Franco Solinas
Starring
Saadi Yacef, Jean Martin, Larbi Zekkal, Brahim Hadjadj, Fusia El Kader, Mohamed Ben Kassen
Music
Ennio Morricone
Cinematography
Marcello Gatti
Runtime
117 min
Country
Italy, Algeria
Languages
French, English, Arabic

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