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.
Cast
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe
Jean Martin
Colonel Philippe Mathieu
Yacef Saâdi
El-Hadi Jaffar
Fouzia El Kader
Halima
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Unknown
Larbi Zekkal
Combattant FLN
Rouiched
The Drunk Man (uncredited)
Noureddine Brahimi
Responsable FLN
Si Mohamed Baghdadi
Larbi Ben M'hidi
Abderrahmane Brahimi
Le Marié de la Casbah
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
Franco Moruzzi
Mahmoud (uncredited)
Tomasso Neri
Captain Dubois
Samia Kerbash
Fathia
Ugo Paletti
Captain
Gene Wesson
(uncredited)
Crew
Gillo Pontecorvo
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
Franco Solinas
Writer
Mario Morra
Editor
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Lina Caterini
Assistant Editor
Marcello Gatti
Director of Photography
Fernando Morandi
Assistant Director
Moussa Haddad
Assistant Director
Sarah Maldoror
Assistant Director, Creative Consultant
Mohamed Zinet
Production Coordinator
Fred Baker
Executive Producer
Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir
Production Supervisor
Yacef Saâdi
Producer
Antonio Musu
Producer
Sergio Canevari
Production Design
Claudio Racca
Camera Operator
Silvano Mancini
Camera Operator
Ali Marok
Assistant Camera
Hamdi Mohamed
Hairstylist
Maurizio Giustini
Makeup Artist
Giuliano Montaldo
Second Unit
Omar Bouksani
Sound Designer
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound Designer
Aldo Gasparri
Special Effects
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Bruno Nicolai
Music Director
Kamel Djebara
Set Photographer
Noureddine Brahimi
Production Director
Nazzareno Belardinelli
Gaffer
Sergio Merolle
Production Manager
Matteo Spinola
Unit Publicist
Enrico Lucherini
Unit Publicist
Margherita Autuori
Unit Publicist
Anna Maria Montanari
First Assistant Editor
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