Credits - It Was the War of Algeria

Benoît Magimel

Narrator

Louis Gardel

Self - Novelist

Marie Elbe

Self - Journalist

Cédric Villani

Self

Nicole Garcia

Self - French from Algeria

Slimane Zeghidour

Self - Journalist

Bachir Hadj Ali

Self - ALN Officer

Yamina Benguigui

Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist

Germaine Tillion

Self - Ethnologist (voice) (archive footage)

Maurice Viollette

Self - French Politician (voice) (archive footage)

Danièle Michel-Chich

Self - French from Algeria

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Ferhat Abbas

Self - President of the Algerian Republic (archive footage)

Ahmed Ben Bella

Self - First President of Algeria (archive footage)

Abdelkader Hamoumou

Self - President of a Harkis Association and Former Moghazni

Kateb Yacine

Self - Poet

Pierre Mendès France

Self (archive footage)

Kahina Bahloul

Self - Islamologist and Imam

Sanhadja Akrouf

Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist, writer

Henri Paul Eydoux

Self - Member of Jacques Soustelle's Cabinet

Jean-Marc Deleplanque

Self - Sub-Prefect at Balma, Algeria

Zohra Drif-Bitat

Self - Moudjahidine

Guy Mollet

Self - Council President (archive footage)

Yacef Saâdi

Self - FLN Member

Henri Alleg

Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Jacques Massu

Self - General (archive footage)

Paul Teitgen

Self (archive footage)

Djaouher Akrour

Self - FLN member

Maurice Mouchan

Self - Mayor of El-Biar (archive footage)

Roger Saboureau

Self - Parachute Lieutenant in Algeria

Saïd Mohammedi

Self - ALN chief officer (archive footage)

Christian Pineau

Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Ali Haroun

Self

Crew

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Georges-Marc Benamou

Writer

Georges-Marc Benamou

Director

Benjamin Stora

Writer