The Battle of Algiers was banned in France until the mid-1970s when it finally was released in a censored version, perhaps because that most cinema-conscious of countries could no longer stand ...

pic is also the first feature film ever made in Algiers by Algerians - teamed here with Italian talent, notably director Gillo Pontecorvo and producer Antonio Musu. It's a dedicated effort with ...

The Battle of Algiers is one of the most critically celebrated films of all time. Made in 1966 it documented Algeria's war for independence. Returning to the roots of the production and the ...

This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five ...

Morricone, who died in 2020 (at 91), was ... the political-drama soundtracks for films like "The Battle of Algiers" that were as charged-up as the revolutions they were about; the descents into ...