The Battle of Algiers

Question 1

BoA year

Answer 1

1956

Question 2

BoA director

Answer 2

Gillo Pontecorvo

Question 3

BOA Features

Answer 3

newsreel style: in black and white with documentary-type editing to add to its sense of historical authenticity
- military imperial theme: French soldiers, vs haunting flute theme: Algerian civilians.

Question 4

BOA plo

Answer 4

• Algerian War of Independence in the capital city of French Algeria from 1954 to 1957.
• organization of revolutionary cells in the Casbah and the escalating violence between Algerian locals and Pied-Noir settlers.
• France sends French Army paratroopers to quell the insurgency and capture members of the National Liberation Front (FLN).
• The film shows both sides committing atrocities against civilians, including terrorism and summary executions.