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The Battle of Algiers Blu-Ray (UK Import)
Cult Films
Pre-sale - Release date: 10.11.2025
Original title: La battaglia di Algeri
Year: 1966
Country: Italy / Algeria
Region code: Blu-ray: B
Contents: Blu-ray
EAN: 5060485803232
Image: 1.85:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
French - LPCM 2.0 Mono
Italian - LPCM 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English
Age rating: 15
Genre: Drama
Cast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Synopsis:
Widely regarded as one of cinema's most powerful and politically charged masterpieces, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers is newly remastered from 4K-restored original negative and presented in its most complete and authentic form to date.
Recreating the Algerian struggle for independence from French occupation and depicting the brutal acts committed by both sides, it is a gripping, thought-provoking chronicle of resistance, repression – now more relevant today than ever..!
Extras:
- Interview with Director Gillo Pontecorvo
- Interview with producer Saadi Yacef, head of FLN guerrillas in Algiers
- 4K”Restoration Process with Director's son filmmaker Marco Pontecorvo
- Interview with FLN fighter Zohra Drif Bitat (portrayed in the film)
- Exclusive interview with Director Ken Loach “just stunning, groundbreaking… brilliant film making, a really gripping piece of cinema”
- Exclusive presentation by Director Paul Greengrass “an absolute cinematic masterpiece… it's the film that's influenced me more than any other..”
