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It Was the War of Algeria backdrop

It Was the War of Algeria poster

It Was the War of Algeria (2022)

8.0(1)1 seasonMarch 14, 2022

Documentary War & Politics

Georges-Marc Benamou

Creator

Georges-Marc Benamou, Benjamin Stora

Writers

Rate

Diary

Episodes

Season 1

5 episodes · 2022

Cast

Ahmed Ben Bella

Self - First President of Algeria (archive footage)

Ferhat Abbas

Self - President of the Algerian Republic (archive footage)

Bachir Hadj Ali

Self - ALN Officer

Slimane Zeghidour

Self - Journalist

Kateb Yacine

It Was the War of Algeria · Cinemalant

Self - Poet

Louis Gardel

Self - Novelist

Germaine Tillion

Self - Ethnologist (voice) (archive footage)

Yacef Saâdi

Self - FLN Member

Zohra Drif-Bitat

Self - Moudjahidine

Henri Alleg

Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Ali Haroun

Self

Paul Teitgen

Self (archive footage)

Saïd Mohammedi

Self - ALN chief officer (archive footage)

Yamina Benguigui

Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist

Nicole Garcia

Self - French from Algeria

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Status: Ended
Type: Miniseries
Original title: C'était la Guerre d'Algérie
Original language: French
First aired: March 14, 2022
Last aired: March 15, 2022
Episodes: 5
Network: France 2
Production: Siècle Productions
Country: France

Keywords

algeriafrench colonialismnorth africaalgerian war (1954-62)decolonization

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