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- A.k.a.
- The Battle of Algiers
- Year
- 1966
- Runtime
- 121 min.
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rating *
- 8.1
- Votes *
- 38,956
- Checks
- 8,962
- Favs
- 1,119
- Dislikes
- 64
- Favs/checks
- 12.5% (1:8)
- Favs/dislikes
- 17:1
Top comments
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mi-16evil
Absolutely incredible film. The documentary style and the beautiful editing creating a powerful film that analyzes both what it takes to create and destroy an insurgency.
Also I find it very fascinating that much of the footage easily looks like footage of the revolutions in Egypt and Syria today. 12 years 10 months ago -
ReVision
Better than i expected, its got this really realistic documentary style. Also it shows the battle from both sides and it doesn't favor any.
As for the score, i thought it was quite good and it matched the setting and feel of the movie very accurately. 12 years 4 months ago -
ignatzkat
This should be on the Spiritually Significant list. I can't think of another film I've seen that does as good a job of posing troubling moral questions. 13 years 3 months ago
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