More than fifty years after the release of the film “The Battle of Algiers” in theaters in June 1966, director Salim Aggar found, after a search which lasted more than a year and a half, the actors, extras and technicians who worked on the film directed by Gillo Pentecorvo and produced by Yacef Saadi. In this documentary full of anecdotes and stories about the filming of the film, the director found the actress who played the role of Hassiba Ben Bouali, the young 17-year-old actress who played Bouhamidi's bride but especially certain figures important parts of the film who were barely 10 years old at the time of filming and who no one will recognize today. Beyond the important historical aspect of the film, the documentary focused mainly on the social, cinematographic and cultural aspect of the film and its impact on a generation which had just regained independence.
Salim Aggar
Director, Writer
Noureddine Brahimi
Self
Fouzia El Kader
Self
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
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Self
Rouiched
Self (archive footage)
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Le Jeune Marié de la Casbah (archive footage)
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Self (archive footage)
Kamel Djebara
Self
Fatiha Djoudi
La Mariée de la Casbah
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