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The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo · 1966 · 122 min
Saturday, October 247:30 PM · Billy Wilder Theater · Westwood
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- Date
- Saturday, October 24, 2026
- Time
- 7:30 PM
- Neighborhood
- Westwood
- Access
- Public
Presentation
How you’ll see it.
- Format
- DCP
Filmmaker discussion
The Battle of Algiers — 60th Anniversary
The Battle of Algiers at Billy Wilder Theater includes this in-person presentation.
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Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Year
- 1966
- Runtime
- 122 minutes
- Genres
- Drama
- Image
- Black & white
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