The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri)
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo. Cast: Brahim Haggiag, Saadi Yacef, Jean Martin, Samia Kerbash, Michele Kerbash, Fusia El Kader, Mohammed Ben Kassen, Gene Wesson, Ugo Paletti. Screenplay: Franco Solinas (based on the book La Bataille d'Alger by Saadi Yacef).

Chronicle of the Smoldering Years (Ahdat samawovach el-djamr)
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. Cast: Yorgo Voyagis, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Mohammed Kouiret, Sid Ali Kouiret, Hassan El Hassani, Larbi Zekkal, Cheikh Nourredine, Hassan el Amir, Leila Shenna, Brahim Hadjadj, Abdelhalim Rais, François Maistre, Jacques Richard, Henry Czarniak. Screenplay: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Rachid Boudjedra, and Tewfik Fares.

Not yet reviewed in full. Grades: The Battle of Algiers: A+; Chronicle of the Smoldering Years: A–

Academy Award Nominations for The Battle of Algiers (1968):
Best Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Best Original Screenplay: Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo

Academy Award Nominations for The Battle of Algiers (1966):
Best Foreign-Language Film

Other Awards for The Battle of Algiers:
Venice Film Festival (1966): Golden Lion (Best Picture); FIPRESCI Prize
British Academy Awards (BAFTAs) (1972): UN Award

Awards for Chronicle of the Smoldering Years:
Cannes Film Festival (1975): Palme d'Or (Best Picture)
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