Trailer for Gillo Pontecorvo’s masterpiece, Battle of Algiers.
Battle of Algiers – Click here to see Part 1 of 13
When resentment of French rule in Algeria grew amongst the part of the population who felt they were treated like a colonized people in comparisson to the settlers of European origin (pieds-noirs) a vicious cycle of violence started between French forces and the pro-independence FLN (National Liberation Front) hitting civilians too. More and more people would join the resistance, be it in the form of physical force or civil disobedience …