7.9 / 10
(727 votes)
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Italy,
Algeria
Drama,
War,
History
121 minutes
1966
Gillo Pontecorvo
Igor Film,
Casbah Film
$800,000
$964,028
2005
7.1
2012
0.0
1996
5.6
1979
7.5
1981
10.0
1973
5.2
1981
3.8
1982
6.0
2006
6.4
1939
5.8
1996
7.4
1999
5.7
1999
7.4
2011
6.9
1926
0.0
1983
6.6
1983
10.0
2007
6.3
1970
6.5
1995
7.7