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The Battle of Algiers

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The Battle of Algiers

1966 · 121 min · Algeria · Italian

The Battle of Algiers (1966) has a goodrecmovies Score of 81.5, ranked #105 among movies on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: essential). It's a Drama and War movie rated 8.1/10 on IMDb from 77,603 votes. Updated

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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.