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

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Author
Pontecorvo, Gillo 1919-2006
Solinas, Franco 1927-1982
Haggiag, Brahim
Martin, Jean 1922-2009
Saadi, Yacef 1928-
Kerbash, Samia
Paletti, Ugo
Gatti, M (Marcello)
Morricone, Ennio
Saadi, Yacef 1928- Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger
Casbah Films
Igor Film
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Subject
Jabhat al-Taḥrīr al-Qawmī
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Based on: Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger / Saadi Yacef.
Accompanying booklet includes an essay by film scholar Peter Matthews; a reprinted interview with writer Franco Solinas; and brief biographies on the key figures in the French-Algerian War.
Special features: Disc 1: "Gillo Pontecorvo : the dictatorship of truth," a documentary narrated by literary critic Edward Said; "Marxist poetry : the making of The battle of Algiers," a documentary featuring interviews with Pontecorvo, Gatti, and composer Ennio Morricone, among others; interview with Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the film's influence, style, and importance; production gallery; theatrical and rerelease trailers. Disc 2: "Remembering history," a documentary on the Algerian experience of the battle for independence; "États d'armes," a documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the Algerian rebellion; "The battle of Algiers : a case study," a video piece featuring U.S. counterterrorism experts; "Gillo Pontecorvo's return to Algiers," a documentary in which the filmmaker revisits the country after three decades of independence.
Contents
disc 1. The battle of Algiers -- disc 2. History and the film
Summary
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 cafš, and French soldiers resort to torture to break the will of the insurgents. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style.
2011
1966
Revolution, 1954-1962
Call number
video 001177
Type
Videorecordings
Drama
War films
Historical films
Documentary-style films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Physical description
2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (55 p. ; 19 cm.)
Place
Algeria
Kasbah (Algiers, Algeria)
Title
Battle of Algiers
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Torture
Terrorism
Autonomy
History
Record ID
siris_sil_970180
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0