The Battle of Algiers

1966 · Movies · 2h 2m · Drama, History

bleak

Major character dies

Cliffhanger, unresolved

Jumps forward in time at the end

How it ends

Ali la Pointe is killed, but the Algerian struggle for independence continues.

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Overview

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.