Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
Verdict: Break Even
> Gillo Pontecorvo (Director)
> Marcello Gatti (Director of Photography)
> Fernando Morandi (Assistant Director)
> Moussa Haddad (Assistant Director)
> Bruno Nicolai (Music Director)
> Noureddine Brahimi (Production Director)
> Sarah Maldoror (Assistant Director)
> Franco Solinas (Writer)
> Gillo Pontecorvo (Writer)