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The Battle of Algiers1966 · HBO Max · 122 min
Streaming on HBO Max
- ★ 7.9
- NR
- Drama, War, History
- Italy
Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.
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