The narrative begins with the organization of revolutionary cells in the casbah. Algerian war of independence 1960 cia archives french. The frenchalgerian war 19541962 was one of the bloodiest and most significant of such conflicts. The algerian war, also known as the algerian war of independence or the algerian revolution arabic. He cited a firefight where the french soldiers hit the dirt and called in an artillery strike. Gillo pontecorvos film was made on location in 1965. It began on november 1, 1954, and ended eight years later. Only a handful of acclaimed films have tackled the conflict, notably gillo pontecorvos acclaimed the battle of algiers, which did not appear until. French soldiers tortured algerians, macron admits 6.
The previous denial of the algerian war of independence led to a myriad of films and documentaries. Cave clearing or village sweeps would also be something relatively typical. The cast includes sami bouajila, jamel debbouze, samy naceri, roschdy zem, melanie laurent and bernard blancan. French colonial empire war films algerian war films.
Most popular french indochina war movies and tv shows imdb. Our idea is to provide all sorts of bloggers with data and commentary about this issue. Algeria finally won its independence in 1962 after a war that shook france, brought down the fourth republic and caused nearly a million french. France, the united states, and the algerian war first edition.
The algerian war is the subject of this french documentary, as is only proper, because that war gave the french a new government, a new constitution, and resulted in the repatriation of over a million french colonists from algeria. Determined to find his whereabouts, she is facing political and religious obstacles in a country that is struggling with the aftermath of a civil war. However, when an algerian national assembly is convened it is skewed to settlers compared to indigenous algerians two politically equal 60member colleges are created, one representing the 1. Following the liberation of french north africa, the division fought in tunisia, italy, metropolitan france and in germany. It was a complex conflict, which would soon be denied by french authorities. Aug 17, 2015 french officer david galula who wrote the book on insurgency tactics after his experience in the algerian war observed that modern armies hemorrhage cash when fighting an insurgency movement. Guerre dalgerie, algerian war was a war between france and the algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to algeria gaining its independence from france. Pages in category algerian war films the following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. The battle of algiers is a 1966 italianalgerian historical war film cowritten and directed by gillo pontecorvo and starring jean martin and saadi yacef.
Oct 19, 2007 paris hollywood reporter as hollywood pours salt over the fresh wounds of the iraq war with a wave of movies, the algerian war is making its way out of the shadows and into the spotlight on. Aug 07, 2015 the scale of french retaliations instilled fear and anger among the algerian population and vengeance among the pied noirs. Marie brahimi, karim bouaiche, nazim boudjenah, michele moretti. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, sincere and touching films and tv shows about with algerian, french, friendship, culture clash, society, storytelling, muslim, dancing, arab and runaway plots mostly in drama, comedy and romance genres shot in france. Encyclopedia of the age of war and reconstruction dictionary. Director breaks french taboo with film tackling algerian war world. I have been a long time student of algerias war of independence, which took place from 1954 to 1962. The battle of algiers, italianalgerian war film, released in 1966, that is the. Later, the highly controversial war between algeria and its former colonial power, france, fought from the mid1950s until the granting of independence in 1962 sparked a remarkable increase in the movie productions at that time while the relationship between.
Major lecoq is to build an elite unit with these wayward soldiers who are exposed to war, torture and death. Based on true events that occurred between 1954 and 1957, the film depicts the rise of an algerian national liberation front fln cell in algiers, its violent confrontations with the french colonial authorities, and its eventual destruction at the. The french foreign legion has left vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. French army colonel raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the communist viet minh in indochina and against algerian guerrilla during the algerian war. Franz fannon, alistair hornes history, the film battle of algiers, and recently feraouns diary are the ones that readily come to mind. It is based on events by rebels during the algerian war 195462 against the french government in north africa. Departing from widely held interpretations of the algerian war, wall approaches the conflict as an international diplomatic crisis whose outcome was primarily dependent on french relations with washington, the nato alliance, and the united nations, rather than on military engagement. Most popular french algerian war movies and tv shows imdb.
Jacques spiesser, jacques villeret, jacques weber, claude brosset. Days of glory is a 2006 french film directed by rachid bouchareb. Nevertheless, it was about to provoke a conflict in metropolitan france. A film commissioned by the algerian government that shows the algerian revolution from both sides. In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of algiers fight for independence from the french government. French movie biz turns attention to algerian war reuters. France admits torture during algerias war of independence. Three french conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion in the midst of the algerian war. Algerian war, 195462 war for algerian independence from france. Algerian muslims served as tirailleurs such regiments were created as early as 1842 and spahis. Despite his work as a propagandist for the fln, he was imprisoned and tortured by a faction of the independence movement. In 1954 the national liberation front fln began a guerrilla war against france and sought. Jun 24, 2015 algerian war french army assault on a cave nettempereur. Jacques audiard directed the 2009 french film a prophet and cowrote with thomas bidegain, abdel raouf dafri and nicolas peufaillit.
The films release contributed to a partial recognition of the pension rights of soldiers from former french possessions by the french. Nadia kaci, laurent maurel, layla metssitane, ourais achour. Algerian war french army assault on a cave youtube. For books on the algerian war, the battle of the casbah by paul aussaressess, the memory of resistance by martin evans,the french foreign legion by douglas porch, all the major operations in the algerian war and the algerian war and the french army, 195462 by martin s. These are films set in the algerian war 19541962, including those based on fact and fiction.
Repeated viewings of gillo pontecorvos brilliant 1966 film the battle of algiers, as well as florent siris 2007 film intimate enemies, have made a lasting impression on me. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the invasion of algiers and lasted until the algerian war of independence concluded in 1962. Alexander, the movie of anthony quinn the lost command1966 is dedicated. The torture used by the french is contrasted with the algerians use of bombs in soda shops. The simple truth about the french algerian war is that the algerian muslims lost their patience and the french lost their chance. In the first novel of her algerian quartet, djebar intertwines the autobiographical story of a young girls coming of age with the history of french conquest in 1830 and the war of independence. The widow of the captain, patricia, decided to file a defamation suit. This trajectory silenced the voices on both sides that called for moderation, and the algerian war of independence 19541962 was thus characterized by fln terrorism and french brutality.
The conflict is not well known in the west, for a variety of reasons, and my goal here is to provide a general. Jul 08, 2018 algerian war of independence from the french 1954 1962. The algerian war, also known as the algerian war of independence or the algerian revolution arabic language. A young frenchalgerian woman travels to algeria in search for her fiance. The movement for independence began during world war i 191418 and gained momentum after french promises of greater selfrule in algeria went unfulfilled after world war ii 193945. Algerian war of independence from the french 1954 1962. The battle of algiers was a pivotal event in the algerian war of independence. The algerian war, the french state and official memory. See more ideas about war, french foreign legion and french army. Discover five of the best films from and about algeria and the politics and society. All algerian citizens are offered french citizenship of equal status to those of france. May 20, 2011 it began on november 1, 1954, and ended eight years later. The french president took responsibility for the killing of maurice audin, a young activist who became a symbol of the algerian war, and asked the mans widow for forgiveness. Paris hollywood reporter as hollywood pours salt over the fresh wounds of the iraq war with a wave of movies, the algerian war is making its.
During a televised debate on the algerian war in the early 1980s, professor paulet denounced the methods of captain caron, killed in action in 1957. Challe was a french air force general whose greatest military success was in the realm of counterinsurgency operations during the algerian war. Algerian war french army assault on a cave nettempereur. The simple truth about the frenchalgerian war is that the algerian muslims lost their patience and the french lost their chance. This eightyear conflict resulted in at least one million algerian deaths, the exodus of as many european settlers, and caused the fall of six french prime ministers. The algerian war was a momentous struggle for independence from france by algerian nationalists between 1954 and 1962. The visually striking film documents the algerian revolt against the french in. As stated in a previous post, the algerian war of independence was a longlasting conflict. Films and documentaries about algerian war of independence. The list contains the best, new and most relevant algerian movies ordered by relevance. His offensive, begun in march 1959, succeeded in substantially weakening the aln. Feraoun was a western educated algerian and well accquainted with the french. There are a few important works on the algerian civil war available for the english reader.
Before the outbreak of war, nativealgerians modestly called for more autonomy, asking for citizenship, religious freedom, and equality in education and work. The conflict at home over the algerian warwhich is to say, the virtual civil war fought within france over the war in algeriawas part of a grand struggle for the soul of france, for the very. With brahim hadjadj, jean martin, yacef saadi, samia kerbash. French soldiers tortured algerians, macron admits 6 decades.
Battle of algiers, the internet movie firearms database. Frances pain over algeria reawakens with 2 new films the new. At the outbreak of the conflict in november 1954 the liberal pierre mendesfrance, who had been willing to negotiate the. Through the use of speed and concentration of force, challe kept the aln insurgents in constant retreat and disorder.
Less than 24 hours by ship from marseille, it was fought with draftees. Id say the algerian war of independence is gameable and the closest conflict i can think of is the rhodesian war since the most representative fighting would be fairly lowlevel ambushes on french patrols and pursuit of infiltrating guerrillas. Guerre dalgerie or revolution algerienne was fought between france and the algerian national liberation front french. The battle of algiers reconstructs the events that occurred in the capital city of french algeria between november 1954 and december 1957, during the algerian war of independence. The film deals with the contribution of north african soldiers to the free french forces during the second world war and, controversially, with the discrimination against them. Algerian war, also called algerian war of independence, 195462 war for algerian independence from france. The final screenplay of the battle of algiers has an algerian protagonist and depicts the cruelty and suffering of both algerians and the french, piedsnoir and military forces. At the beginning of the century, the algerian film industry went through a premature phase due to the political status of the country. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the invasion of algiers and lasted until the algerian war of independence. This film, is about the courage and the determination of a young woman in djurdjuras mountain in algeria, fighting for her ancestor land during the earlier years of. The algerian war, the french state, official memory 221 the algerian war was different. Sep, 2018 the french president took responsibility for the killing of maurice audin, a young activist who became a symbol of the algerian war, and asked the mans widow for forgiveness.