Gillo Pontecorvo

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The Battle of Algiers review by from Andover, Hampshire England

A Nation struggles for Freedom! 17 November 2009
...It took an Italian Director (Gillo Pontecorvo) to make this brave film about the French Army fighting Algerians in the final years before independence was granted to their form... Read customer review

Burn on DVD (1969)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Sal Marquez, Renato Salvatori
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
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British agent provocateur William Walker foments a slave uprising on a Caribbean island of Quemada in the 1840s and then installs his own leader, an illiterate sugar cane cutter. But, when the puppet leader learns that the new masters are no better than the old, Walker must return to the island to ..read more »

60% from 338 members

The Battle of Algiers on DVD (1965)
Starring: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
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The Battle Of Algiers authentically recreates the life-and-death struggle that took place in Algiers from 1954 to 1957, when the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) began a guerrilla war against the French, using terrorism. The French sent paratroopers, which led to a regrettable catalogue of ..read more »

73% from 5,630 members

The Battle Of Algiers - Blu-ray (1965)
Starring: Brahim Haggiag, Jean Martin,
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
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A commemorative Blu-Ray release to mark the 50th anniversary of Algerian independence. Gillo Pontecorvo's presents a harrowing, documentary-style depiction of the Algerian's people's struggle to liberate themselves from France between 1954 and 1962. The film creates a stunning illusion of realism ..read more »

78% from 6 members
Due for release on 9th July 2012

Kapo (1959)
Starring: Laurent Terzieff, Gianni Garko, Susan Strasberg
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
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The French/Italian/Yugoslav concentration camp drama Kapo stars Susan Strasberg, who several years earlier had originated the title role in the Broadway production The Diary of Anne Frank. Here, Ms. Strasberg is once again a European Jewish teenager victimized by the Nazis. Interred in a ..read more »

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Burn - 3.0 stars
The Battle of Algiers - 3.5 stars
The Battle Of Algiers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Kapo - 1.0 stars

The Battle of Algiers - 3.5 stars
Burn - 3.0 stars
The Battle Of Algiers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Kapo - 1.0 stars

Kapo - 1.0 stars
The Battle Of Algiers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Burn - 3.0 stars
The Battle of Algiers - 3.5 stars

Saadi Yacef - 3 times - show films
Jean Martin - 3 times - show films
Brahim Haggiag - 3 times - show films
Didi Perego - 1 times - show films
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