The Battle of Algiers (1966)

• IMDb: 8.1/10 (63,222)
• 08 Sept 1966
• 122 mins
• 15

Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.