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Chronicle of the years of embers : Waqai sanawat al-djamr /

Chronicle of the Years of Embers portrays Algeria's struggle for independence from French colonial rule. The story follows a peasant's migration from his drought-stricken village to his eventual participation with the Algerian resistance movement, just prior to the outbreak of the Algerian...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Arab Film Distribution
Other Authors: Lakhdar-Hamina, Mohamed, 1934-, Shenna, Leila, Voyagis, Yorgo
Format: Video DVD
Language:Arabic
Language Notes:In Arabic with English subtitles.
Subjects:
Revolutions > Algeria > Drama.
Civil war > Algeria > Drama.
Civil war.
Revolutions.
Algeria.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Algerian.
Epic films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
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Summary:Chronicle of the Years of Embers portrays Algeria's struggle for independence from French colonial rule. The story follows a peasant's migration from his drought-stricken village to his eventual participation with the Algerian resistance movement, just prior to the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975.
Winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1975.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Produced and directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ; written by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Tewfik Fares ; music, Philippe Arthuys ; cinematography, Marcello Gatti.