ALGERIA
CARTHAGE
Hannibal (1959) -- the great Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War (Carthage vs. Rome), 218-201 BC
X Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare -- Hannibal marched 40,000 soldiers and 37 elephants 1,500 miles to fight the Romans
Cabiria (1914) -- a young girl's odyssey at the time of Hannibal in the Second Punic War (218-201 BC) -- focus on n. African front
X Siege of Syracuse (1960) – Roman siege (214-212 BC) in Second Punic War
X Scipione l'africano (Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal) (1937) -- Roman general defeats Hannibal ($30)
X Scipione detto anche l'africano (Scipio the African) (1971) -- ancient Roman warrior Scipio Africanus ($60)
Cartagine in fiamme (Carthage in Flames) (1960) -- Rome vs. Carthage during Third Punic War, 149-146 B.C.
ANTI-COLONIALISM AGAINST THE FRENCH
Fort Saganne (1984) -- 1911,the adventures of Charles Saganne in the French Foreign Legion when he is posted to the Sahara in Algeria (& a little of WWI)
Legionnaire (1999) -- the Foreign Legion's battles against Algerian berbers
Rachida (2002) -- a look at terrorism in the Algerian civil war through the eyes of Rachida, a teacher in one of the school districts.
POST-WAR ALGERIA: INDEPENDENCE.
X Liberty Belle (1983) -- a student, Paris, 1959-1960, gets involved with a group opposing the French Algerian war
La Battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers) (1966) -- Italian-Algerian film about Algerian revolt against French, 1954-1962
Lost Command (1966) -- French-Algerian guerilla warfare in North Africa
Outremer (Overseas) (1990) -- French film about three sisters during the Algerian War
X La Trahison (The Betrayal) (2005) -- French officer and recruits in Algerian War
X Cache (2005) -- repressed memories of the aftermath of the Algerian War
X Le Crabe-tambour (1977) -- French war hero of French Indochina and Algeria ($79 for new, $190 for used DVD)
X Nuit Noire (Black Night) (2005) -- French massacre in Algeria
Le Petit Soldat (1963) -- during the Algerian war, young French deserter gets involved with woman who is fighting for the other side
X Chronique des années de braise (Chronicle of the Burning Years; Chronicle of the Years of Fire) (1975) -- the Algerian War as seen through the eyes of a peasant (currently unavailable)
X La vérité si je mens (1997) -- movie about the pieds-noirs community (non-Algerian émigrés from Algeria)
X The Day of the Jackal (1973) -- 1954-1962 De Gaulle and the Algerian War Fred Zinneman 1973 Edward Fox
X L'honneur d'un capitaine (A Captain's Honor) (1982) -- widow tries to restore her husband's reputation from an accusation of using torture in the Algerian War ($100)
X Mon colonel (The Colonel) (2006) -- a murder investigation reveals some terrible things about the Algerian War ($41 for new DVD)
X C'était pas la guerre (It Wasn't War) (2003) -- the Algerian War for Independence seen through the eyes of a six year old
X Un combat singulier (2004) -- Algerian War
X L'ennemi intime (Intimate Enemies) (2007) -- story of a French platoon in the Algerian War ($25)
Lumumba (2000) TV -- Patrice Emery Lumumba rises to power following independence for the Congo from Belgium
Deserter (Simon: An English Legionnaire) (2002) -- a young Englishman with romantic illusion joins the French Foreign Legion and fights in Algeria's battle for independence for France
X L' Autre cote de la mer (The Other Shore) (1997) -- a pied noir (Frenchman born & raised in N. Africa) visits France but will go back to Algeria even though the fight for that country's independence heats up
X La Question (The Question) (1977) -- here the word "question" is used as a euphemism for torture; based on tortured Henri Alleg's small book about the French using torture on the Algerians
X Des hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men) (2010) -- tragedy of 8 French Christian monks caught in the religious violence in Algeria decide whether to leave or stay in the impoverished village
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