Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.

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Awards

• Academy Award for Best Director1969Nominated
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay1969Nominated
• Academy Award for Best International Feature Film1967Nominated

Cast

• Brahim HadjadjAli La Pointe
• Jean MartinColonel Philippe Mathieu
• Yacef SaâdiEl-Hadi Jaffar
• Samia KerbashFathia
• Ugo PalettiCaptain
• Fouzia El KaderHalima
• Mohamed Ben KassenPetit Omar
• Si Mohamed BaghdadiLarbi Ben M'hidi (uncredited)

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