Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.
Gillo Pontecorvo
as Self (archive footage)
Ali Marok
as Self
Brahim Hadjadj
as Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
Saadi Yacef
as Self (archive footage)
Mohamed Ben Kassen
as Petit Omar (archive footage)
Fouzia El Kader
as Self (archive footage)
Noureddine Brahimi
as Self (archive footage)
Claudio Racca
as Self
Fatiha Djoudi
as Self
