The Battle of Algiers
1966 · 121 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 70,142 VOTES · DIR. Gillo Pontecorvo
Overview
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in 1957. The film traces the rebels' struggle and the increasingly extreme measures taken by the French government to quell the revolt.
Dialogue Timeline — 961 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:54 Couldn't you have talked sooner?
00:07:15 People of Algeria, our combat is directed against colonialism.
00:13:38 Merabi, the owner, is a police informer.
00:17:12 Come on, don't get excited.
00:20:56 Stay there. Don't move.
00:25:33 What is it? Calm down.
00:30:04 Checkpoints will be set up at all access points.
00:35:09 We must get going.
00:44:55 - Your papers. - I forgot them.
00:54:43 Major decisions were made concerning the maintenance of law and order
00:58:00 We have to start from scratch.
01:00:30 So we need an occasion that will justify our intervention
01:04:24 It's a mistake. - Why?
01:07:28 To prove it to the UN?
01:11:56 Go and see for yourselves. You're free to move around.
01:15:49 France is your motherland.
01:21:18 Ali La Pointe.
01:27:05 We lost contact with the second.
01:31:44 to keep the prisoner bound
01:34:24 Even with slight shades of opinion
01:40:13 Yes, finished.
01:44:40 You don't strike me as the kind for empty gestures.
01:50:41 Anyway, you've lost.
01:56:27 The Muslim quarters still echo
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed961
Dialogue density7.9 lines / min
First line00:00:54
Final line01:56:27
Production Record
DirectorGillo Pontecorvo
LanguageItalian
Budget$800,000
Revenue$964,028
IMDb votes70,142