🎬 The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Brahim Hadjadj is an Algerian actor best known for playing Ali La Pointe in Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (1966). He was a non-professional actor cast directly from the streets of Algiers, and his raw performance became central to the film's documentary feel.

Mohamed Ben Kassen is an Algerian actor. He plays the role of Little Omar in the cult film "The Battle of Algiers" by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966) with Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Rouiched... The action of the film "The Battle of Algiers" takes place in 1957, in Algeria, the people, supported by the FLN, revo…

Saadi Yacef is an Algerian revolutionary and actor who led FLN operations in Algiers during the independence war. In Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (1966), he played a character based on himself - and also co-produced the film. After independence he served as a senator in Algeria.

Fouzia Menaceri (فوزية مناصري), born Fouzia El Kader in 1940 and died September 10, 2019, is an Algerian actress. She was 25 years old, in 1966, when she was spotted by the film crew of Gillo Pontecorvo's film "The Battle of Algiers", to play the role of Hassiba Ben Bouali, one of the heroines of the Battle of the Cas…

Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, (often credited Hadj Smaine) born October 29, 1932 in Constantine, and died September 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, is an Algerian actor and director. At that time, Constantine was considered a place giving great importance to religion, culture, art, and Algerian Arab-Muslim traditions. Hadj Smai…

Ahmed Ayad (April 28, 1921 - January 20, 1999), was an Algerian actor and comedian born in Algiers, to a father from Aït Djennad in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou and a mother from Blida. He is the half-brother of singer Hadj Mrizek.