The Battle of Algiers (1966) more movies like this

directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
featuring Brahim Haggiag, Yacef Saadi, Jean Martin, Tommaso Neri, Fawzia el Kader

This highly political film about the Algerian struggle for independence from France took "Best Film" honors at the 1966 Venice Film Festival. The bulk of the film is shot in flashback, presented as the memories of Ali (Brahim Haggiag), a leading member of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), when finally captured by the French in 1957 ...

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Queimada! (1969) more movies like this

directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
featuring Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Tom Lyons

Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) is the aristocratic secret agent sent by Britain to secure a profitable Portuguese sugar cane plantation for the Crown. When he arrives, he befriends the black dockworker Jose (Evaristo Marquez) and plants revolutionary ideas in his head. Walker talks Jose into robbing a bank and builds him up as a national hero ...

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The Wide Blue Road (1956) more movies like this

directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
featuring Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal

La Grande Strada Azzura was also released as Squarcio, which happens to be the name of the character played by star Yves Montand. Squarcio is a provincial fisherman who expedites his daily catch through the illegal use of dynamite. The other villagers disapprove of Squarcio's methods, but they refuse to turn him into the authorities. Our hero ...

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