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Documentary-style re-enactment of events that took place during the 1954 to 1962 Franco-Algerian conflict. Depicts how the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) began a war, using terrorism, in Algiers to free the Algerian people from French colonialism. In response to the escalating violence in...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture).
Corporate Author: Igor Film
Other Authors: Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006, Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982, Musu, Antonio, Morricone, Ennio, Haggiag, Brahim, Martin, Jean, Saadi, Yacef, 1928-
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:In French/Algerian with English subtitles.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009?]
Subjects:
Algeria > History > Revolution, 1954-1962 > Drama.
Revolutionaries > Algeria > Drama.
War films.
Documentary-style films.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, French.
Foreign films.
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Summary:Documentary-style re-enactment of events that took place during the 1954 to 1962 Franco-Algerian conflict. Depicts how the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) began a war, using terrorism, in Algiers to free the Algerian people from French colonialism. In response to the escalating violence in Algiers, the French government sent in paratroopers to crush the uprising with whatever force necessary.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the 1966 motion picture.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Music, Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo. ; editors, Mario Serandra, Mario Morra.