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La bataille d'Alger, un film dans l'Histoire

The Battle of Algiers, a Film within History

France / Switzerland / Algeria, November 2017
FILM, Documentary, 120 min.

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directed by
Malek Bensmaïl
Written by
Malek Bensmaïl
Status
In distribution

“La bataille d'Alger” chronicles the story of the 1957 conflict in Algiers between General Massu’s paratroopers and FLN fighters. War veteran Yacef Saadi was the driving force for the film. On 19 June 1965, when Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo began shooting, Colonel Boumedienne seized power from then President Ben Bella. A few months later, the film “La bataille d'Alger” won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

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World Premiere
November 2017
Original Version
Arabic, Italian, French, English (english subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 120 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-53D3-0000-4-0000-0000-P
Production
INA Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, Imagofilm Lugano, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Hikayet Films
Producer
Villi Hermann, Gérald Collas, Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
directed by
Malek Bensmaïl
Written by
Malek Bensmaïl
Cinemato­graphy
Nedjma Berder, Giona Pellegrini
Editing
Mathieu Bretaud, Jean Reusser, Nicolò Tettamanti, Villi Hermann
Sound Editing
Delphine Thelliez
Music
Karim Ziad
Location Sound Mix
Hamid Osmani, Stefan Mosimann

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INA Institut National de l'Audiovisuel

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