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The Battle of Algiers
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Battle of Algiers.
- Motion pictures, Italian.
- Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962--Drama.
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Documentary films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 121 minutes) digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2014
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, 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, women plant bombs in cafés, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. 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. Pontecorvo's tour de force has astonishing relevance today
- Notes:
- Title from title frames
- Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1966
- OCLC:
- 1187225525
- Publisher Number:
- 1127213 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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