La Bataille d'Alger = The Battle of Algiers / un film de Gillo Pontecorvo ; scénario de Franco Solinas ; production Casbah Films, Igor Film ; produit par Yacef Saadi.

• disc. 1. The battle of Algiers (121 min.) -- disc. 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc. 3. The film and history.

• 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 cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately lose the war as the Algerian people demonstrate that they will no longer be suppressed. 

Ämnesord

Torture  -- Algeria -- Drama. (LCSH)

Terrorism  -- Algeria -- Drama. (LCSH)

Autonomy  -- Drama. (LCSH)

Political violence  -- Algeria -- Drama. (LCSH)

Algerians  -- Drama. (LCSH)

French language  -- Films for English speakers. (LCSH)

Arabic language  -- Films for Englihs speakers. (LCSH)

Motion Pictures as Topic  (MeSH)

Political violence.  (fast)

French territories and possessions.  (fast)

French language.  (fast)

French colonies.  (fast)

Arabic language.  (fast)

Algerians.  (fast)

Autonomy.  (fast)

Terrorism.  (fast)

Torture.  (fast)

Algerienkrieg  (gnd)

Historical drama.  (sears)

Film.  (swd)

Historical  -- Feature. (migfg)

Torture  -- Algeria -- Drama. (nli)

Terrorism  -- Algeria -- Drama. (nli)

Autonomy and independence movements  -- Drama. (nli)

Algeria  -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama. (LCSH)

Kasbah (Algiers, Algeria)  -- Drama. (LCSH)

France  -- Colonies -- Africa -- Drama. (LCSH)

France  -- Territories and possessions -- Drama. (LCSH)

Africa.  (fast)

Algeria.  (fast)

Algeria  -- Algiers -- Kasbah. (fast)

Algeria  -- History -- Drama. (sears)

Algeria  -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama. (nli)

Kasbah (Algiers, Algeria)  -- Drama. (nli)

1954-1962  (fast)

Genre

Foreign films.  (LCSH)

Drama.  (fast)

Feature films.  (fast)

Fiction films.  (fast)

Historical films.  (fast)

History.  (fast)

War films.  (fast)

Historical films.  (gsafd)

Fiction films.  (lcgft)

Feature films.  (lcgft)

Historical films.  (lcgft)

War films.  (lcgft)

Italian language films.  (mdy)

French language films.  (mdy)

DVD-Video.  (swd)

Films  -- for English speakers. (fast)

Historical  -- Feature. (migfg)

War  -- Feature. (migfg)

French Language Films. 

Arabic Language Films. 

Foreign films. 

War films  -- Algeria.

War films  -- Italy.

Historical films  -- Algeria.

Historical films  -- Italy.

Feature films  -- Algeria.

Feature films  -- Italy.

Foreign language films  -- French.

Foreign language films  -- Algerian.

Institutionsnamn

Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī -- Drama.

Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī.

Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī -- Drama.

Titel

Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)

Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)

Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture)

Klassifikation

PN1997 (LCC)

PN1997 (LCC)

DT295 (LAC)

PN 1997 (NLM)

791.43/72 (DDC)

24.32 (bcl)

IV 3286 (rvk)

Ima (kssb/8 (machine generated))