Algerian War 1954 62 Movies

  • 1963
    A People on the March

    A People on the March

    A People on the March

    6.51963HD

    In 1962, René Vautier, together with some Algerian friends, organised the audio-visual formation centre Ben Aknoun to encourage a "dialogue in...

    A People on the March
  • 2010
    Amour de vivre

    Amour de vivre

    Amour de vivre

    5.52010HD

    An account of the brief life of the writer Albert Camus (1913-1960), a Frenchman born in Algeria: his Spanish origin on the isle of Menorca, his...

    Amour de vivre
  • 1981
    Les Avocats du Diable

    Les Avocats du Diable

    Les Avocats du Diable

    101981HD

    In 1958 in Paris, during the Algerian War, a young trainee lawyer, Maître Chabrier, was assigned to defend an Algerian garbage collector...

    Les Avocats du Diable
  • 2010
    François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie

    François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie

    François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie

    102010HD

    François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
  • 1968
    Hell is Ten Years Old

    Hell is Ten Years Old

    Hell is Ten Years Old

    101968HD

    This film was considered a testing ground for young O.N.C.I.C. directors. Today there is no longer a copy and the negative was accidentally...

    Hell is Ten Years Old
  • 1961
    Sawt Echaâb

    Sawt Echaâb

    Sawt Echaâb

    101961HD

    “La Voix du Peuple,” composed of archival photographs by René Vauthier and others, exposes the root causes of the armed conflict...

    Sawt Echaâb
  • 1967
    The Winds of the Aures

    The Winds of the Aures

    The Winds of the Aures

    6.41967HD

    The transformations of the daily life of the Algerian people during the destructive French occupation, then during the war of liberation. While...

    The Winds of the Aures
  • 2017
    CHoosing at Twenty

    CHoosing at Twenty

    CHoosing at Twenty

    6.82017HD

    Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts...

    CHoosing at Twenty
  • 1961
    Yasmina

    Yasmina

    Yasmina

    101961HD

    "Yasmina" filmed in 1961 in the middle of the Algerian war tells the story of a little Algerian girl with her hen and her family whose father was...

    Yasmina
  • 2008
    Harkis

    Harkis

    Harkis

    7.12008HD

    1972, in the south of France, deep in the forest, a family with meager luggage discovers the new camp where they will live. Despite the camp leader's...

    Harkis
  • 1965
    Frozen Image

    Frozen Image

    Frozen Image

    01965HD

    A poetic essay. An Algerian soldier wanders through Algiers and the countryside, whilst a voiceover of the soldier's mother laments his death.

    Frozen Image
  • 2021
    Heliopolis

    Heliopolis

    Heliopolis

    8.32021HD

    In the city of Guelma, which was once called Heliopolis in ancient times, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8,...

    Heliopolis
  • 2004
    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers

    102004HD

    This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at...

    Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
  • 2018
    1958: Those Who Said No

    1958: Those Who Said No

    1958: Those Who Said No

    82018HD

    On October 4, 2018, France celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic. It is a republic born in the throes of the Algerian War and one...

    1958: Those Who Said No
  • 1969
    The Outlaws

    The Outlaws

    The Outlaws

    7.71969HD

    In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the...

    The Outlaws
  • 1974
    Hassan Terro's Escape

    Hassan Terro's Escape

    Hassan Terro's Escape

    8.51974HD

    In 1957, the Battle of Algiers intensifies. Hassan, a peaceful resident of the Casbah, is mistakenly identified as a dangerous "terrorist leader,"...

    Hassan Terro's Escape
  • 2003
    Le porteur de cartable

    Le porteur de cartable

    Le porteur de cartable

    02003HD

    Le porteur de cartable
  • 2003
    The Law of Silence

    The Law of Silence

    The Law of Silence

    92003HD

    The Law of Silence, a final-year documentary by Moïra Chappedelaine-Vautier at Femis, examines the 1963 Amnesty Law and the consequences it had...

    The Law of Silence
  • 2008
    Arezki, L'Indigène

    Arezki, L'Indigène

    Arezki, L'Indigène

    62008HD

    In 1895, young journalist Albertine Auclair arrives in the Kabylie during a family visit. The beauty of the region seduces her but she soon learns of...

    Arezki, L'Indigène
  • 2016
    The Unknown Hero

    The Unknown Hero

    The Unknown Hero

    102016HD

    In the midst of the Algerian war for independence, a group of fighters is trapped in the mountains, surrounded by the colonial army. Cut off from...

    The Unknown Hero