The battle of Algiers
Title:
The battle of Algiers
Author:
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006.
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Information:
London : Argent Films, c2009.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Special features: Theatrical and re-release trailers; production gallery. "Gillo Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth," a 37 min. documentary made in 1992 about Pontecorvo; The making of The battle of Algiers; Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discuss the film.
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 cafes. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed.
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