Some civil war must have raged within director/co-writer Gillo Pontecorvo, between the revolutionary who chooses sides in this story of resistance, and the poet who has enough integrity not to ...

Half a century after its debut, The Battle of Algiers has a permanent parking spot in the film canon. After taking home the Golden Lion at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, it was nominated for three ...

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu (Jean Martin), a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to 1950s Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War.

This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five ...

Director Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 film The Battle of Algiers stands as one of the most nuanced movies ever made about revolution and colonialism. Based upon a memoir by National Liberation Front leader ...