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It Was the War of Algeria premiered March 14, 2022. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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More about It Was the War of Algeria
Cast
Ahmed Ben BellaSelf - First President of Algeria (archive footage)
Ferhat AbbasSelf - President of the Algerian Republic (archive footage)
Bachir Hadj AliSelf - ALN Officer
Slimane ZeghidourSelf - Journalist
Kateb YacineSelf - Poet
Louis GardelSelf - Novelist
Germaine TillionSelf - Ethnologist (voice) (archive footage)
Yacef SaâdiSelf - FLN MemberCredits
- Created by
- Georges-Marc Benamou
- Written by
- Georges-Marc Benamou, Benjamin Stora
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 5
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- C'était la Guerre d'Algérie
Networks & production
France 2France
Siècle ProductionsFrance
Themes
algeriaalgerian war (1954-62)decolonizationdjazairfrançafriquefrench colonialismliberation warnorth africa