Battle of Algiers
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Drama
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Publication Year
1966
Publisher
Criterion Collection, United States
URL
[ private ]
Duration
117 min.
Subject
Feature films. Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama. Algiers (Algeria) -- History -- Drama. Algeria. Algeria -- Algiers. Torture -- Algeria -- Drama. Terrorism -- Algeria -- Drama. Autonomy -- Drama.
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Abstract
Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audio: French and Arabic dialogue, optional English subtitles
Access DVD Booklet at: https://www.scribd.com/doc/288792170/Battle-of-the-Algiers
Audio: French and Arabic dialogue, optional English subtitles
Access DVD Booklet at: https://www.scribd.com/doc/288792170/Battle-of-the-Algiers
Biblio Notes
DVD, Kanopy
Kanopy Streaming:
https://swccd.kanopystreaming.com/video/battle-algiers-0
Kanopy Streaming:
https://swccd.kanopystreaming.com/video/battle-algiers-0
Number of Copies
1
