Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels’ struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Genre: Drama, History, War Actors: Abderrahmane Brahimi, Brahim Hadjadj, Fatiha Djoudi, Fouzia El Kader, Franco Moruzzi, Gene Wesson, Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Jean Martin, Larbi Zekkal, Mohamed Ben Kassen, Noureddine Brahimi, Rouiched, Samia Kerbash, Si Mohamed Baghdadi, Tomasso Neri, Ugo Paletti, Yacef Saâdi Directors: Gillo Pontecorvo Production: Casbah Film, Igor Film
