History Film / TheBattleOfAlgiers

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Three female FLN agents wearing western clothes to avoid attracting attention walk past a French checkpoint that was being surveilled by Mathieu to assess gendarme performance in the aftermath of the bombing. He criticises the gendarme for wasting time harassing an old man, pointing out to several bystanders as the likely FLN agents. At no point does he seen to notice the ''actual'' FLN agents walking past the checkpoint.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The movie certainly doesn't whitewash the FLN, but some of their more unsavory actions (whether mutilating French corpses or fighting with other Algerian nationalist groups) go unmentioned.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized

* PetTheDog: The French gendarmes are mostly shown as brutes or [[AcceptableTargets faceless victims of the FLN]]. Yet several risk their lives saving an Algerian boy from being lynched by enraged settlers after a terrorist bombing.

* TheEmpire: France.

** Not to mention the FLN's strict insistence on sharia law, enforced by the death penalty.

* TakingYouWithMe: One FLN cell blows themselves up, along with several French soldiers to avoid capture.

'''''The Battle of Algiers''''' is a 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo, and is a [[RippedFromTheHeadlines dramatization]] of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Algeria}} Algerian War of Independence]]. The story begins with Ali La Pointe, a card sharp in the cramped slums of Algiers, the capital city of French-controlled Algeria. Imprisoned, he joins the [[LaResistance rebel group]] FLN and takes up arms against the colonial French government. After a few skirmishes with French police, reprisal killings spur ever-worse reprisal killings as the native and colonist populations are radicalized against each other. A UN vote for independence comes and goes as a general strike is called. Afterward, a French military expert, Colonel Philippe Mathieu, is brought in to pacify the region, [[TortureAlwaysWorks gain intelligence]], and destroy the FLN leadership.

* GilliganCut: A rare dramatic example. After the French declare victory in Algiers the military leaders talk about how much less resistance they'll have face with in the Algerian mountains. Cut to three years later: there's a major uprising in the mountains.

* GaulsWithGrenades: Specifically, their elite paratroop regiments.

* CycleOfRevenge

* FalseFlagOperation
* ForegoneConclusion

* HowWeGotHere

* ShootTheDog

* RotatingArcs: There is no main character, as such.

* DuelingMovies: Released in America the same year as ''The Lost Command'', an adaptation of Jean Larteguy's ''Les Centurions'' with a far different different take on the Algerian War.

'''''The Battle of Algiers''''' is a 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo, and is a [[RippedFromTheHeadlines dramatization]] of the [[UsefulNotes/Algeria Algerian War of Independence]]. The story begins with Ali La Pointe, a card sharp in the cramped slums of Algiers, the capital city of French-controlled Algeria. Imprisoned, he joins the [[LaResistance rebel group]] FLN and takes up arms against the colonial French government. After a few skirmishes with French police, reprisal killings spur ever-worse reprisal killings as the native and colonist populations are radicalized against each other. A UN vote for independence comes and goes as a general strike is called. Afterward, a French military expert, Colonel Philippe Mathieu, is brought in to pacify the region, [[TortureAlwaysWorks gain intelligence]], and destroy the FLN leadership.

'''''The Battle of Algiers''''' is a 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo, and is a [[RippedFromTheHeadlines dramatization]] of the Algerian War of Independence. The story begins with Ali La Pointe, a card sharp in the cramped slums of Algiers, the capital city of French-controlled Algeria. Imprisoned, he joins the [[LaResistance rebel group]] FLN and takes up arms against the colonial French government. After a few skirmishes with French police, reprisal killings spur ever-worse reprisal killings as the native and colonist populations are radicalized against each other. A UN vote for independence comes and goes as a general strike is called. Afterward, a French military expert, Colonel Philippe Mathieu, is brought in to pacify the region, [[TortureAlwaysWorks gain intelligence]], and destroy the FLN leadership.

'''''The Battle Of Algiers''''' is a 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo, and is a [[RippedFromTheHeadlines dramatization]] of the Algerian War of Independence. The story begins with Ali La Pointe, a card sharp in the cramped slums of Algiers, the capital city of French-controlled Algeria. Imprisoned, he joins the [[LaResistance rebel group]] FLN and takes up arms against the colonial French government. After a few skirmishes with French police, reprisal killings spur ever-worse reprisal killings as the native and colonist populations are radicalized against each other. A UN vote for independence comes and goes as a general strike is called. Afterward, a French military expert, Colonel Philippe Mathieu, is brought in to pacify the region, [[TortureAlwaysWorks gain intelligence]], and destroy the FLN leadership.

!!This work contains examples of:

* InfantImmortality: Cruelly averted. When the first bomb is placed in the busy cafe, we see the people inside, including several small children. They all die in the massive blast.

* LineOfSightName: When Col. Mathieu is asked to name the operation to defeat FLN, he steps on the balcony to give it a thought. He then spots a sign promoting champagne, and thusly the Operation Champagne is born.
* NecessarilyEvil: Again, Mathieu, though milage may vary over the "Evil" part.

''The Battle Of Algiers'' is a 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo, and is a [[RippedFromTheHeadlines dramatization]] of the Algerian War of Independence. The story begins with Ali La Pointe, a card sharp in the cramped slums of Algiers, the capital city of French-controlled Algeria. Imprisoned, he joins the [[LaResistance rebel group]] FLN and takes up arms against the colonial French government. After a few skirmishes with French police, reprisal killings spur ever-worse reprisal killings as the native and colonist populations are radicalized against each other. A UN vote for independence comes and goes as a general strike is called. Afterward, a French military expert, Colonel Philippe Mathieu, is brought in to pacify the region, [[TortureAlwaysWorks gain intelligence]], and destroy the FLN leadership.

* AnswerCut: After Mathieu's comment to the press about pro-war reports "accepting all necessary consequences," we immediately segue to a grisly torture montage.