La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte (2018)
Overview
Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.
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Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria. La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte is a Documentary movie, released on 2018-01-01, runtime 52 minutes.
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Directed by
Cheikh Djemaï
Cast
- Gillo Pontecorvo as Self (archive footage)
- Ali Marok as Self
- Brahim Hadjadj as Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
- Yacef Saâdi as Self (archive footage)
- Mohamed Ben Kassen as Petit Omar (archive footage)
- Fouzia El Kader as Self (archive footage)
- Noureddine Brahimi as Self (archive footage)
- Claudio Racca as Self
- Fatiha Djoudi as Self
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