| Description |
3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black&white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 p. ; 18 cm.) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical mono rda |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 249 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 249.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio, monoaural. |
| Language |
In French and Arabic; with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Samia Kerbash, Ugo Paletti, Fusia El Kader, Omar. |
| Credits |
Production designer, Sergio Canevari ; edited by Mario Serandrei and Mario Morra ; director of photography, Marcello Gatti ; music, Ennio Morricone and Gillo Pontecorvo. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
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Based on a true story by Saadi Yacef. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The film is considered one of the most influential political films in history, by Gillo Pontecorvo. Vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, etc. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques used to combat them. |
| Contents |
disc 1. The film -- disc 2. Pontecorvo and the film -- disc 3. The film and history. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Production gallery; Theatrical trailers. Disc 2: Gillo Pontecorvo : the dictatorship of truth (documentary of the director presented by literary critic Edward Said); Marxist poetry : the making of The battle of Algiers; Five directors (interviews with filmmakers Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the film's influence, style, and importance). Disc 3: Remembering history (documentary on the Algerian experience of the battle for independence); "États d'armes" (documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the Algerian rebellion); A case study (program featuring U.S. counterterrorism experts Christopher Isham, Richard A. Clarke, and Michael A. Sheehan); Return to Algiers (documentary in which the filmmaker revisits the country after three decades of independence). Booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews, a reprinted interview with cowriter Franco Solinas, and biographical sketches of key figures in the French-Algerian War by political science scholar Arun Kapil. |
| Subject |
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama.
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Algiers (Algeria) -- History -- Drama.
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Revolution (Algeria : 1954-1962) (OCoLC)fst01354461
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Algeria. (OCoLC)fst01205459
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Algeria -- Algiers.
(OCoLC)fst01205274
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| Chronological Term |
1954 - 1962
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Political films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- Italy.
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Feature films -- Algeria.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Political films. (OCoLC)fst01710460
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War films. (OCoLC)fst01710402
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| Added Author |
Pontecorvo, Gillo, 1919-2006, film director, screenwriter, composer (expression)
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Solinas, Franco, 1927-1982, screenwriter.
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Saadi, Yacef, 1928-2021 film producer, actor.
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Haggiag, Brahim, actor.
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Martin, Jean, 1922-2009, actor.
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Kerbash, Samia, actor.
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Paletti, Ugo, actor.
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El Kader, Fusia, actor.
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Canevari, Sergio, production designer.
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Serandrei, Mario, 1907-1966, editor of moving image work.
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Morra, Mario, 1935- editor of moving image work.
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Gatti, M. (Marcello), director of photography.
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Morricone, Ennio, composer (expression)
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Said, Edward W., narrator.
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Lee, Spike, interviewee (expression)
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Nair, Mira, interviewee (expression)
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Schnabel, Julian, 1951- interviewee (expression)
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Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- interviewee (expression)
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Stone, Oliver, interviewee (expression)
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Rotman, Patrick, filmmaker.
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Isham, Christopher, interviewee (expression)
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Clarke, Richard A. (Richard Alan), 1951- interviewee (expression)
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Sheehan, Michael A., interviewee (expression)
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Matthews, Peter, writer of added commentary.
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Kapil, Arun, writer of added commentary.
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Casbah Films, production company.
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Igor Film, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Battle of Algiers |
| ISBN |
9781604657722 |
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1604657723 |
| Standard No. |
715515109611 |
| Music No. |
CC2303D The Criterion Collection |
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