1. VENlCE FlLM FESTlVAL 1966Copy !req
2. FlLM
CRlTICS AWARD 1966Copy !req
3. THE ClTY OF VENlCE 1966Copy !req
4. Couldn't you have talked sooner?Copy !req
5. It would've gone easier for you.Copy !req
6. He finally came clean.Copy !req
7. Give him some coffee.Copy !req
8. Don't worry.Copy !req
9. Drink this.
You'll feel better.Copy !req
10. Don't take it so hard, fella.Copy !req
11. At ease.Copy !req
12. Is it true?
- Looks like it. 3 rue des Abderames.Copy !req
13. Get him dressed.Copy !req
14. Buck up.Copy !req
15. It's all over now.
Just one last little effort.Copy !req
16. Can you stand?Copy !req
17. Let go of him.Copy !req
18. Here, put this on.Copy !req
19. It'll suit you fine.Copy !req
20. We're going to the Casbah now.
They won't recognize you in that.Copy !req
21. Show us Ali La Pointe's hideout.Copy !req
22. Then you'Il be free.Copy !req
23. Give him a cap and dress him.Copy !req
24. You're inducted!Copy !req
25. Cut the clowning, Lagloy!Copy !req
26. Let's go.Copy !req
27. Knock it off!
Wanna go through another round?Copy !req
28. Quit fooling around.
Pull yourself together.Copy !req
29. THE BATTLE OF ALGlERSCopy !req
30. Maybe they don't know we're here.Copy !req
31. Ali La Pointe, the house
is surrounded. It's useless.Copy !req
32. Give yourselves up.
Let the boy and the woman out first.Copy !req
33. Then the other man with you.
After that, you come out.Copy !req
34. Leave your weapons behind.Copy !req
35. No tricks. You're done for.Copy !req
36. We have you covered.
You don't have a chance. Got that?Copy !req
37. You hear me, Ali?Copy !req
38. Listen good! You're the last one.
It's all over.Copy !req
39. The organization's finished.Copy !req
40. Everyone's dead or in prison.Copy !req
41. If you come out now,
you'll get a fair trial.Copy !req
42. Make up your mind!Copy !req
43. National Liberation Front (FLN),
Communique No. 1 :Copy !req
44. People of Algeria, our combat
is directed against colonialism.Copy !req
45. Our aim: independence and
restoration of the Algerian state,Copy !req
46. in accordance with lslamic principles
and the respect of basic liberties,Copy !req
47. regardless of race or religion.Copy !req
48. To avoid bloodshed, we propose
that the French authoritiesCopy !req
49. negotiate with us
our right to self-determination.Copy !req
50. Algerians, it is your duty to save
your country and restore its liberty.Copy !req
51. lts victory will be yours.Copy !req
52. Forward, brothers! Unite!
The FLN calls you to arms.Copy !req
53. Ladies and gents, place your bets.Copy !req
54. This Ioses, this Ioses...Copy !req
55. Ace wins.Copy !req
56. 500 francs.Copy !req
57. Your turn, madam.Copy !req
58. Ace wins, this one loses.Copy !req
59. He's always there!Copy !req
60. - What's his big hurry?
- Stop him.Copy !req
61. Bash the bastard's head in!Copy !req
62. Omar, Ali.Copy !req
63. Alias Ali La Pointe.
Born January 15, 1930, in Miliana.Copy !req
64. llliterate.Copy !req
65. laborer, bricklayer, boxer.
Currently unemployed.Copy !req
66. Military status: draft dodger.Copy !req
67. 1942, Algiers Juvenile Court,Copy !req
68. one year in reformatory
for vandalism.Copy !req
69. 1944, Oran Juvenile Court,Copy !req
70. two years for disorderly conduct.Copy !req
71. 1949, Court of Algiers,
eight-month prison termCopy !req
72. for insulting
a police officer on duty.Copy !req
73. Allah is great!Copy !req
74. Long live AIgeria!Copy !req
75. Shut up! There he is.Copy !req
76. Keep quiet.Copy !req
77. FlVE MONTHS LATERCopy !req
78. Beat it!Copy !req
79. "Men have two faces.
One smiles, the other cries."Copy !req
80. They sent you?Copy !req
81. Yes, they sent me.Copy !req
82. Here.Copy !req
83. Wait!Copy !req
84. Come back here.Copy !req
85. Know how to read?
- Sure.Copy !req
86. Read it to me.Copy !req
87. "There's a Moorish cafe
on rue Randon, in the Casbah.Copy !req
88. Merabi, the owner,
is a police informer.Copy !req
89. Every afternoon at 5:00,
a French policeman stops by.Copy !req
90. He stays a few minutes, long enough
to drink a coffee and get information.Copy !req
91. Then he leaves.
You are to kill the policeman."Copy !req
92. - Not Merabi?
- No, the policeman.Copy !req
93. Okay.Copy !req
94. "You can't go wrong.Copy !req
95. Right next to the cafe
you'll see a girl with a basket.Copy !req
96. You'll both follow the policeman.Copy !req
97. At the right moment,
she'll hand you a revolver.Copy !req
98. You just have to pull the trigger."Copy !req
99. Let go of me!Copy !req
100. Watch me, brothers!Copy !req
101. So, you're afraid now!Copy !req
102. Look how the organization
deals with traitors.Copy !req
103. - You bitch! You set me up.
- Careful, the police!Copy !req
104. - Now explain!
- if they don't catch us first.Copy !req
105. Who sent you?
Take me to him.Copy !req
106. - He's waiting.
- Where?Copy !req
107. You'll see, if we don't get caught.Copy !req
108. You go first.
I'll be right behind you.Copy !req
109. What if you were a traitor?
We had to be sure.Copy !req
110. - The gun was empty.
- Say you'd been a police spy,Copy !req
111. the FLN contacts you in prison,
you pretend to be for the cause,Copy !req
112. and the French let you escape.Copy !req
113. Then they shoot me?Copy !req
114. BIanks.Copy !req
115. You escape, go to the address
the FLN gives you in prison,Copy !req
116. and infiltrate us.Copy !req
117. And who are you?Copy !req
118. Jaffar. EI-hadi Jaffar.Copy !req
119. To join us you had to do a job.Copy !req
120. if I'd told you to kill
the bar owner, an AIgerian,Copy !req
121. the cops would've let you kill him
even though he's a stoolie.Copy !req
122. It wouldn't have proved your loyalty.Copy !req
123. If I told you to kill the cop,Copy !req
124. the French
would never have allowed it.Copy !req
125. If you had been one of them,
you wouldn't have done it.Copy !req
126. But I didn't kill him.Copy !req
127. No, but you tried.
That's the important thing.Copy !req
128. You didn't trust me!Copy !req
129. Come on, don't get excited.Copy !req
130. I said to shoot him in the back.Copy !req
131. No way!Copy !req
132. You still don't understand.Copy !req
133. Explain it better.Copy !req
134. Okay, I'll explain.Copy !req
135. First, we need to get organizedCopy !req
136. and secure our hideouts.Copy !req
137. Then we can take action.Copy !req
138. The organization's getting stronger,Copy !req
139. but there are still too many
drunks, whores, junkies,Copy !req
140. people who talk too much,
people ready to sell us out.Copy !req
141. We must win them over
or eliminate them.Copy !req
142. We need to clean house first,
organize the country.Copy !req
143. Only then can we take on
our real enemy. You understand, Ali?Copy !req
144. APRlL 1956Copy !req
145. National Liberation Front,Copy !req
146. Communique No. 24:Copy !req
147. People of Algeria,
the Colonial AdministrationCopy !req
148. is responsible not only
for impoverishing our peopleCopy !req
149. but also for corrupting and degrading
our brothers and sisters,Copy !req
150. who have lost their sense of dignity.Copy !req
151. The FLN is leading a campaign
to eradicate this scourgeCopy !req
152. and requests the population's help
and cooperation.Copy !req
153. This is the first step
towards independence.Copy !req
154. As of today, the FLN
assumes responsibilityCopy !req
155. for the physical and moral well-being
of the Algerian peopleCopy !req
156. and has therefore decidedCopy !req
157. to ban the sale and use
of all drugs and alcoholic beveragesCopy !req
158. and to ban
prostitution and procuring.Copy !req
159. Offenders will be punished. Repeat
offenders will be sentenced to death.Copy !req
160. Wino! Wino!Copy !req
161. Don't you know
drugs are forbidden?Copy !req
162. - Why?
- Don't do it again.Copy !req
163. Have you seen Hassan EI-Blidi?Copy !req
164. You seen Hassan EI-Blidi?
Tell him I'm looking for him.Copy !req
165. Seen Hassan?Copy !req
166. if you see Hassan EI-BIidi,
tell him I'm looking for him.Copy !req
167. Ali, where've you been?Copy !req
168. - Is Hassan here?
- He left very early. Need something?Copy !req
169. if you see him,
tell him I'm looking for him.Copy !req
170. Ali! How're you doing?Copy !req
171. Stay there. Don't move.Copy !req
172. - Take it easy.
- I told you not to move.Copy !req
173. What are you afraid of?Copy !req
174. I fear only God.Copy !req
175. What's all this about?Copy !req
176. There's nothing between us.Copy !req
177. We're friends.
Have you forgotten?Copy !req
178. We were friends.Copy !req
179. What's happened to you?Copy !req
180. You're sentenced to death.Copy !req
181. Now I understand.Copy !req
182. You've sentenced me to death.Copy !req
183. What are they paying you?Copy !req
184. Only one thing can save you.Copy !req
185. You've been warned twice.
This is your last warning.Copy !req
186. What do you mean?Copy !req
187. Work for the FLN.Copy !req
188. Get lost!Copy !req
189. Don't try it! Take a good look.
Things will change in the Casbah.Copy !req
190. Take a good look.
We'll clean this place up.Copy !req
191. Now beat it!Copy !req
192. And watch yourselves.Copy !req
193. JUNE 1 0, 1 956Copy !req
194. Stay outside and keep watch.Copy !req
195. Everything all right?
- Fine.Copy !req
196. Be seated.Copy !req
197. We'll skip the formalities.
You know why.Copy !req
198. The day will come when we will have
our weddings in the open.Copy !req
199. Remember, we are at war
against colonialism.Copy !req
200. A strong army has occupied
our country for 130 years.Copy !req
201. This is why the FLN
has to make decisionsCopy !req
202. concerning the civil life
of the Algerian people.Copy !req
203. With this marriage
we fulfill our duty,Copy !req
204. a duty of resistance.Copy !req
205. And now,
Mahmud and Fatiha,Copy !req
206. come forward.Copy !req
207. Sign here.Copy !req
208. May God grant you good fortune.
Sign here.Copy !req
209. On behalf of the FLN,
my sincerest congratulations.Copy !req
210. Make yourselves comfortable.Copy !req
211. JUNE 20, 1956 - 10:32 A.M.Copy !req
212. Come here!Copy !req
213. What is it? Calm down.Copy !req
214. Come in here.Copy !req
215. Hey, Antoine...Copy !req
216. Take them in to see the captain.Copy !req
217. Yes, sir, but they didn't get
a search warrant.Copy !req
218. Rue d'Isly?Copy !req
219. They followed them some distance
but then lost them.Copy !req
220. Of course, sir,
but that's in your precinct.Copy !req
221. It's not their job.Copy !req
222. Rue Marengo?
We do have some suspects.Copy !req
223. The DA first demands
an official request.Copy !req
224. Yes, sir.Copy !req
225. But I don't have enough men.Copy !req
226. I understand.Copy !req
227. But if you could...Copy !req
228. The prefect can't.Copy !req
229. But couldn't you...?Copy !req
230. Okay.Copy !req
231. They can slaughter all of us!Copy !req
232. Right.Copy !req
233. 3:00 p.m.:
attempted attack against a patrol.Copy !req
234. rue Luciani.
7.65mm revolver.Copy !req
235. 4:00 p.m.:
attack on territorial guard,Copy !req
236. intersection of rue Consulaire
and Avenue General Laquiere.Copy !req
237. For Paris, the solution is to put
Algiers under tight police control,Copy !req
238. guard police stations,
close off streets.Copy !req
239. I don't agree.Copy !req
240. So, Corbiere, where were we?Copy !req
241. "lntersection of rue Consulaire
and Avenue General Laquiere."Copy !req
242. The governor general decrees:Copy !req
243. Article 1 : Purchase of medication
for the treatment of gunshot woundsCopy !req
244. must be authorized
by the prefecture.Copy !req
245. Article 2:
Health care institutionsCopy !req
246. must keep the police informedCopy !req
247. of all wounded patients
admitted for treatment.Copy !req
248. From the prefecture of Algiers:Copy !req
249. In recent days, dozens of attacks
have taken place in the city.Copy !req
250. The perpetrators are known
to come from the Muslim quarters.Copy !req
251. Each time, they quickly find refuge
in these areas.Copy !req
252. Consequently, to restore order,Copy !req
253. the prefect has decided
to seal off the Arab quarters.Copy !req
254. Checkpoints will be set up
at all access points.Copy !req
255. Civilians must show lD
and may be subject to searches.Copy !req
256. In line!Copy !req
257. - Going back to the barracks?
- No, I've got two more days.Copy !req
258. Don't touch me!Copy !req
259. Keep your hands off me!Copy !req
260. Never touch their women.Copy !req
261. JULY 20, 1956 - 1 1 :20 A.M.Copy !req
262. What are you up to?Copy !req
263. I'm meeting friends at the beach.Copy !req
264. - You still there?
- This is my route.Copy !req
265. Come here.Copy !req
266. Beat it.Copy !req
267. You go that way!
You, this way!Copy !req
268. Same old story!
It's the government's fault.Copy !req
269. What do they care?Copy !req
270. Murder all the bastards!
Then we'll have some peace!Copy !req
271. There he is!Copy !req
272. I'm sure it's him!Copy !req
273. - Where?
- Down there.Copy !req
274. Get him!Copy !req
275. Murderer! Murderer!Copy !req
276. He looks like a dirty fellagha!Copy !req
277. Where are you headed?Copy !req
278. - Filthy Arab!
- Don't let him get away!Copy !req
279. He's getting away! Stop him!Copy !req
280. I saw him!Copy !req
281. Stop him!Copy !req
282. He's getting away!Copy !req
283. Laknan Abdullah.Copy !req
284. Laborer, married, three children.
8 rue de Thebes.Copy !req
285. How many today?
- Seven attacks, three dead.Copy !req
286. One copy for the prefect,
the press, the archives and for you.Copy !req
287. Thanks. Night, Corbiere.Copy !req
288. Good night, sir.Copy !req
289. Say, Corbiere...Copy !req
290. where's rue de Thebes?Copy !req
291. In the upper Casbah, I think.Copy !req
292. Good night, Mommy.Copy !req
293. Good night, children.Copy !req
294. Fatma, why aren't they in bed?Copy !req
295. They're just on their way.Copy !req
296. We must get going.Copy !req
297. What's your hurry?
You and your card games!Copy !req
298. Can't you play here?Copy !req
299. - One more for the road?
- Sure, one more.Copy !req
300. Sorry, we're already late.Copy !req
301. Good night everyone.
Hurry up.Copy !req
302. Good-bye, Lucien.
Don't keep Henri up too late.Copy !req
303. Get in back.Copy !req
304. - Is it far?
- We're almost there.Copy !req
305. - Can we go through?
- Too late.Copy !req
306. Curfew's already started.Copy !req
307. Let us through. He's with me.Copy !req
308. Very well, sir. Go on through.Copy !req
309. - No. 8, right?
- Yes. Make it snappy.Copy !req
310. Murderers! Murderers!Copy !req
311. Ali! Stop!Copy !req
312. Jaffar says you must stop.Copy !req
313. Listen to me, Ali.
Don't go down there.Copy !req
314. The army will slaughter us.Copy !req
315. Listen to me.
- Get out of here!Copy !req
316. Halt!Copy !req
317. Stay calm!
The FLN will avenge you!Copy !req
318. The FLN will avenge you!Copy !req
319. Stand guard on the roof.
You, come in.Copy !req
320. - Is this all right?
- Fine.Copy !req
321. Fine.Copy !req
322. No good? Listen.Copy !req
323. I'll take my son. It'll work.Copy !req
324. Okay, but use the rue du Divan
checkpoint. It's easier there.Copy !req
325. Then meet up with the others.Copy !req
326. Air France, rue Mauritania.Copy !req
327. The cafe, rue Michelet.Copy !req
328. The milk bar, rue d'Isly.Copy !req
329. The bomb timers are short.Copy !req
330. They'll be set outside the Casbah.Copy !req
331. Taleb is waiting for you
at the fish market.Copy !req
332. But then you must hurry.
You only have 30 minutes to place them.Copy !req
333. Good luck.Copy !req
334. God be with you.Copy !req
335. Halt!Copy !req
336. - Your papers.
- I forgot them.Copy !req
337. - Over there. Move it!
- They're at home.Copy !req
338. Let me go get them!Copy !req
339. - Get back.
- I'm in a hurry.Copy !req
340. I said wait!Copy !req
341. Get back or no one goes through.Copy !req
342. - Let me through.
- Wait there.Copy !req
343. - It's not fair.
- I said wait.Copy !req
344. Excuse me.
Excuse me, sir.Copy !req
345. May I go through, sir?
- Go ahead.Copy !req
346. Excuse me.Copy !req
347. It's all right.Copy !req
348. Hands up.Copy !req
349. Go on, madam.Copy !req
350. Go on.Copy !req
351. I'll only be an hour.
He's a good boy.Copy !req
352. Thank you.Copy !req
353. Going to the beach, miss?Copy !req
354. - How'd you know?
- Oh, I just guessed.Copy !req
355. Care for some company?Copy !req
356. Not today. I'm meeting friends.Copy !req
357. What a shame!Copy !req
358. Maybe another time?Copy !req
359. Who knows?Copy !req
360. Good luck.Copy !req
361. A Coke, please.Copy !req
362. Would you like to sit down?Copy !req
363. One hundred francs.Copy !req
364. Leaving, miss?Copy !req
365. What a pity.Copy !req
366. Attention, please.Copy !req
367. Flight 432 to Paris
will be delayed for 20 minutes.Copy !req
368. Care for another martini?Copy !req
369. What's going on?Copy !req
370. A propane tank must've exploded.Copy !req
371. The paratroopers are here!Copy !req
372. JANUARY 1 0, 1 957Copy !req
373. Jean Charrot, lnspector GeneralCopy !req
374. on special assignment,Copy !req
375. presided over a special
meeting convenedCopy !req
376. to organize the fight
against rebel activity.Copy !req
377. Major decisions were made concerning
the maintenance of law and orderCopy !req
378. and the protection of persons
and private property.Copy !req
379. General Carelle
of the 10th Airborne DivisionCopy !req
380. will be in charge
of maintaining order in Algiers.Copy !req
381. He will command
all civil and military forcesCopy !req
382. and exercise special powers
by official decree.Copy !req
383. Mathieu, Philippe.
Born August 5, 1907, in Bordeaux.Copy !req
384. lieutenant colonel.Copy !req
385. ltaly and Normandy.Copy !req
386. Member of an anti-Nazi
resistance movement.Copy !req
387. Madagascar and Suez.
Indochina and Algeria.Copy !req
388. So we now average
4.2 attacks a day.Copy !req
389. We must distinguish between attacks
on individuals and bombings.Copy !req
390. As usual, the problem involves:Copy !req
391. first, the adversary,
and second, the means to destroy him.Copy !req
392. There are 400,000 Arabs
in Algiers.Copy !req
393. Are they all our enemies?
We know they're not.Copy !req
394. But a small minority holds sway
by means of terror and violence.Copy !req
395. We must deal with this minority
in order to isolate and destroy it.Copy !req
396. It's a dangerous enemy that
works in the open and underground,Copy !req
397. using tried-and-true revolutionary
methods as well as original tactics.Copy !req
398. It's a faceless enemy, unrecognizable,Copy !req
399. blending in with hundreds of others.Copy !req
400. It is everywhere. In cafes,
in the alleys of the Casbah,Copy !req
401. or in the very streets
of the European quarter.Copy !req
402. This footage was taken by the policeCopy !req
403. with cameras hidden
around Casbah checkpoints.Copy !req
404. The police thought it might come in
handy, and indeed it does,Copy !req
405. to show the futility
of certain methods,Copy !req
406. or at least their drawbacks.Copy !req
407. I deliberately chose footage
taken shortly beforeCopy !req
408. a number of recent
terrorist attacks.Copy !req
409. Among all these Arab men
and womenCopy !req
410. are the perpetrators.Copy !req
411. But who are they?Copy !req
412. How can we recognize them?Copy !req
413. lD checks are ludicrous.
If anyone's papers are in order,Copy !req
414. it's the terrorist's.Copy !req
415. Note the cameraman's hunch.
He's sure there's something in that box.Copy !req
416. And his film provides us
with the details.Copy !req
417. There might have been
a false bottom with a bomb inside.Copy !req
418. We'll never know.Copy !req
419. That's enough, Martin.Copy !req
420. We have to start from scratch.Copy !req
421. The only information we have
concerns the organization's structure.Copy !req
422. Let's start from there.Copy !req
423. It's a pyramid organizationCopy !req
424. made up of a series of sections.
These sections, in turn,Copy !req
425. are made up of triangles.Copy !req
426. At the apex
is the Executive Bureau.Copy !req
427. The military head
of the Executive BureauCopy !req
428. finds a competent person
and names him section head: No. 1.Copy !req
429. No. 1 finds two others:
nos. 2 and 3.Copy !req
430. This makes up the first triangle.Copy !req
431. Now Nos. 2 and 3
each select two men:Copy !req
432. nos. 4,Copy !req
433. 5, 6 and 7.Copy !req
434. The reason for these geometrics
is that each organization memberCopy !req
435. knows only three other members:Copy !req
436. The one who chose himCopy !req
437. and the two he himself chose.Copy !req
438. Contact is made only in writing.Copy !req
439. That's why we don't know
our adversaries.Copy !req
440. Because, in point of fact,
they don't know each other.Copy !req
441. To know them is to eliminate them.Copy !req
442. Consequently, the purely military
aspect of the problem is secondary.Copy !req
443. More important
is the policing aspect.Copy !req
444. I know you dislike that word.Copy !req
445. But it's the only one
that describes the work at hand.Copy !req
446. We must investigate
to reconstructCopy !req
447. the pyramid and identify
the Executive Bureau.Copy !req
448. The basis of our job
is intelligence.Copy !req
449. The method: interrogation.Copy !req
450. Conducted in such a way as
to ensure we always get an answer.Copy !req
451. In our situation, humane
considerations can only lead to despairCopy !req
452. and confusion.Copy !req
453. I'm sure all units will understand
and act accordingly.Copy !req
454. Unfortunately, success doesn't
depend only on us.Copy !req
455. The city must be at our disposal.Copy !req
456. We must comb it thoroughlyCopy !req
457. and question all inhabitants.Copy !req
458. But that's where we run
into the maze of laws still in force,Copy !req
459. as if Algiers were a holiday resort
and not a battlefield.Copy !req
460. We've requested a free hand,
but it's hard to obtain.Copy !req
461. So we need an occasion
that will justify our interventionCopy !req
462. and make it possible.Copy !req
463. We ourselves must create
this occasion.Copy !req
464. Unless our adversary provides us
with one, as it seems to be doing now.Copy !req
465. To all militants:Copy !req
466. After two years of bitter struggle
in the cities and in the mountains,Copy !req
467. the Algerian people
have won a great victory.Copy !req
468. On Monday, January 28,Copy !req
469. the United Nations will open debate
on the Algerian question.Copy !req
470. Our entire organization will mobilize
to explain this event's importance.Copy !req
471. Beginning Monday, the FLN is calling
a week-long general strike.Copy !req
472. During this period,
all armed action will be suspended.Copy !req
473. Le Monde! Week-long strike!Copy !req
474. The money, please.Copy !req
475. We did it!Copy !req
476. People of Algeria,Copy !req
477. colonial powers, failing to block
UN debate on the Algerian question,Copy !req
478. will attempt to demonstrate that
the FLN represents only a minority.Copy !req
479. World opinion is with us.Copy !req
480. Let us show our unity.Copy !req
481. Support the strike
proclaimed by the FLN.Copy !req
482. During this entire week,
stay away from European quarters.Copy !req
483. Do not leave the Casbah.
Avoid gathering in closed places,Copy !req
484. as this will facilitate raids.Copy !req
485. Give shelter to the poor
and homeless.Copy !req
486. Stock up on food and water
for a week.Copy !req
487. - They seem calm.
- But you can feel something's up.Copy !req
488. Like rabbits in a cage.
Just as I hoped.Copy !req
489. Think they'll obey
the order to strike?Copy !req
490. I think so.Copy !req
491. - Is it going the way you wanted?
- I hope so.Copy !req
492. What are you calling the operation?Copy !req
493. Well, General...Copy !req
494. DRlNK CHAMPAGNECopy !req
495. - "Operation Champagne."
- Why not?Copy !req
496. Operation Champagne it is.Copy !req
497. The homeless, the unemployed,
the beggars.Copy !req
498. We've arranged for them to stay
with families during the strike.Copy !req
499. That way they'll be
safe from police raids.Copy !req
500. But I don't think they should
have been brought here.Copy !req
501. It's a mistake.
- Why?Copy !req
502. You're here. We'd better
move you somewhere else.Copy !req
503. - Don't you trust them?
- I do, but you never know.Copy !req
504. All right. You're in charge.Copy !req
505. if I were in charge,
you wouldn't be in Algiers now.Copy !req
506. - Duty first?
- Caution is best.Copy !req
507. Ali, take Ben M'Hidi
to the Maison des Arbres.Copy !req
508. Isn't he staying here?Copy !req
509. No. Go with him.
I'll wait for you to come back.Copy !req
510. What do you think?Copy !req
511. How's this for a hideout?
Looks like a wall.Copy !req
512. Take a look inside.Copy !req
513. Not now. It's late.Copy !req
514. Si Ben M'Hidi,
I'll be in touch tomorrow.Copy !req
515. Ali, go first.Copy !req
516. Cut through the mosque.Copy !req
517. The coast is clear.Copy !req
518. We can't do anything for a week.Copy !req
519. What do you think of the strike?Copy !req
520. I think it'll succeed.Copy !req
521. I think so, too.
It's been well organized.Copy !req
522. What will the French do?Copy !req
523. Obviously, they'll try everything
to break it.Copy !req
524. They'Il do more than that,Copy !req
525. because we've given them
an opportunity.Copy !req
526. You know what I mean?Copy !req
527. Now they'll no longer
be groping in the dark.Copy !req
528. Every strikerCopy !req
529. will be a recognizable enemy.Copy !req
530. A certified criminal.
The French will take the offensive.Copy !req
531. Understand what I mean?
- Yes.Copy !req
532. Jaffar says you weren't
in favor of the strike.Copy !req
533. - No, I wasn't.
- Why not?Copy !req
534. Because we were ordered
not to use arms.Copy !req
535. Acts of violence don't win wars.Copy !req
536. Neither wars nor revolutions.Copy !req
537. Terrorism is useful as a start.Copy !req
538. But then, the people
themselves must act.Copy !req
539. That's the rationale
behind this strike.Copy !req
540. To mobilize all AIgerians,Copy !req
541. to assess our strength.Copy !req
542. To prove it to the UN?Copy !req
543. Yes, to prove it to the UN.Copy !req
544. It may not do any good,Copy !req
545. but at least the UN will be able
to gauge our strength.Copy !req
546. You know, Ali,Copy !req
547. it's hard enough to start
a revolution,Copy !req
548. even harder to sustain it,Copy !req
549. and hardest of all to win it.Copy !req
550. But it's only afterwards,
once we've won,Copy !req
551. that the real difficulties begin.Copy !req
552. In short, there's still much to do.Copy !req
553. You're not tired, Ali?Copy !req
554. No.Copy !req
555. Wake up!Copy !req
556. Everybody out!Copy !req
557. You bastards!
We'll teach you to strike!Copy !req
558. Attention all vehicles!Copy !req
559. Load the requisitioned workers!
Truck No. 1 to El Biar.Copy !req
560. No. 2, the gasworks.Copy !req
561. No. 3, the docks.Copy !req
562. Attention!Copy !req
563. Dispatch all suspects
to headquarters.Copy !req
564. That one.Copy !req
565. You, come here. Stop.Copy !req
566. On strike, are you?
- I'm sick.Copy !req
567. You're too scared to admit it.
Admit you're with the FLN.Copy !req
568. You're one of them.Copy !req
569. Take me for an idiot?
Think I can't tell?Copy !req
570. The FLN wants you to strike
and you won't talk? You dirty Arab!Copy !req
571. Suit yourself.
Gerard, take him away.Copy !req
572. - Come with me.
- Are you deaf?Copy !req
573. Everyone back to work!Copy !req
574. Get a move on!Copy !req
575. Day four:
The general strike continues.Copy !req
576. All activity has come to a halt.
No serious incident has been reported.Copy !req
577. All is quiet in the Muslim quarter.Copy !req
578. I'll call you back.Copy !req
579. Mathieu's here.Copy !req
580. - Some questions...
- I'm meeting with the prefect.Copy !req
581. - What's going on?
- I'm just assessing the situation.Copy !req
582. Go and see for yourselves.
You're free to move around.Copy !req
583. - The strike seems successful.
- It missed its main target.Copy !req
584. Insurrection?Copy !req
585. That isn't the aim.
- You believe the FLN?Copy !req
586. It's plausible this time.
A strike might convince the UN.Copy !req
587. The UN is far away.
How can it gauge a strike's magnitude?Copy !req
588. Bombs would be more practical.
That would be my choice.Copy !req
589. What would
armed insurrection mean now?Copy !req
590. What it always means: an inevitable
phase in revolutionary warfare.Copy !req
591. After terrorism
comes armed insurrection.Copy !req
592. Just as guerrilla warfare Ieads
to warfare proper.Copy !req
593. Dien Bien Phu?Copy !req
594. Exactly.
But in lndochina they won.Copy !req
595. - And here?
- That depends on you.Copy !req
596. On us?
You intend to sign us up?Copy !req
597. God forbid! Just do your reporting
and do it well.Copy !req
598. It's not warriors we need.
- Then what?Copy !req
599. Political will, which is sometimes
there and sometimes isn't.Copy !req
600. Sometimes it's not enough.
What did Paris say yesterday?Copy !req
601. Nothing. Another article by Sartre.Copy !req
602. Why are the Sartres
always born on the other side?Copy !req
603. Then you like Sartre?Copy !req
604. No, but I like him
even less as a foe.Copy !req
605. 1, 2, 3, 4...
Come with me.Copy !req
606. Move it.Copy !req
607. - What's that?
- The dance hall.Copy !req
608. Let's get it over with.
Repeat what you said and you can go.Copy !req
609. Name?
- Smain.Copy !req
610. - First name?
- Ahmed.Copy !req
611. - Section?
- Second section.Copy !req
612. - Be more precise.
- Second section.Copy !req
613. Casbah, Algiers West.Copy !req
614. - Which group?
- Third group.Copy !req
615. - What was your role?
- Head of the sixth cell.Copy !req
616. That'll do.Copy !req
617. DAY SlX OF THE STRIKECopy !req
618. People of the Casbah,Copy !req
619. the FLN wants to stop you
from working.Copy !req
620. The FLN is forcing you
to close your shops.Copy !req
621. The FLN wants to starve you
and condemn you to poverty.Copy !req
622. The FLN wants to stop you
from working.Copy !req
623. People of the Casbah,Copy !req
624. France is your motherland.Copy !req
625. Mohammed! Mohammed!
Have you seen him?Copy !req
626. The FLN wants to starve you
and condemn you to poverty.Copy !req
627. People of the Casbah,
resist the FLN's orders.Copy !req
628. Thank God you're home.Copy !req
629. God bless you, my children.Copy !req
630. Have you seen my brother Said?Copy !req
631. Algerians! Brothers! Take heart!Copy !req
632. The FLN tells you not to be afraid!Copy !req
633. Don't worry, we're winning.Copy !req
634. The FLN is on your side.Copy !req
635. Long live AIgeria!Copy !req
636. FEBRUARY 5, 1957Copy !req
637. FlNAL DAY OF THE STRIKECopy !req
638. Open the shop.Copy !req
639. Go on!Copy !req
640. Faster!Copy !req
641. The UN General Assembly,Copy !req
642. all motions having failed
to obtain a majority,Copy !req
643. has passed a resolution ruling out
any direct intervention in Algeria.Copy !req
644. The UN, however, hopes that
in a spirit of cooperation,Copy !req
645. a peaceful, democratic
and fair solution will be foundCopy !req
646. in keeping with the principles
of the UN charter.Copy !req
647. Good. Well done.Copy !req
648. Now we can go turn in.Copy !req
649. The end of the strike changes nothing.
lnstructions remain the same.Copy !req
650. Give your boys the usual orders.Copy !req
651. We must occupy the Casbah
24 hours a day.Copy !req
652. We must continue our work here,
without respite.Copy !req
653. Any of you ever suffer from tapeworm?Copy !req
654. It's a worm that can grow infinitely.Copy !req
655. You can destroy
its thousands of segmentsCopy !req
656. but as long as the head remains,
it rebuilds and proliferates.Copy !req
657. The FLN is similarly organized.Copy !req
658. The head is the Executive Bureau.
Several persons.Copy !req
659. As long as they're not eliminated,
we're back to zero.Copy !req
660. Here are four of them.Copy !req
661. I found these in the police records.Copy !req
662. I had the snapshots blown up.Copy !req
663. Si Murad.Copy !req
664. Ramel.Copy !req
665. Jaffar.Copy !req
666. Ali La Pointe.Copy !req
667. Print up a thousand copies
and distribute them to our men.Copy !req
668. Who else lives here?Copy !req
669. I told you. My daughter upstairs,
and my husband, who's at work.Copy !req
670. Okay, Pierre. Let's go.Copy !req
671. They're gone.Copy !req
672. There were ten this time.Copy !req
673. - Paratroopers?
- Yes.Copy !req
674. Did a traitor bring them here?Copy !req
675. They came alone.Copy !req
676. They asked questions.
They didn't hurt anyone.Copy !req
677. Jibela Malika has been arrested.Copy !req
678. Sheik Abdullah has been arrested...Copy !req
679. People of the Casbah,
the FLN has lost the battle.Copy !req
680. Stand up to its dying authority.Copy !req
681. Work with us to build
a new Algeria.Copy !req
682. Mujid Ben Ali has been arrested.Copy !req
683. - What's wrong?
- They arrested him.Copy !req
684. Take courage.Copy !req
685. We'll split up.
We must change our hideouts.Copy !req
686. We must reestablish our contacts.Copy !req
687. We must replace
those arrested and killedCopy !req
688. and reorganize our groups.Copy !req
689. We have to make our presence felt.Copy !req
690. That'll come Iater.Copy !req
691. No. Right now.
Leave it to me.Copy !req
692. No. None of us will do anything.Copy !req
693. We have to resist
as much as we can,Copy !req
694. without giving the enemy
a chance to catch us. Agreed?Copy !req
695. We have to do something.Copy !req
696. That's why we must reestablish
our contacts first.Copy !req
697. - How do we move?
- I'll take care of that.Copy !req
698. I'll be out in three months.Copy !req
699. Hey, look!Copy !req
700. Quick, hide us!
We're being followed.Copy !req
701. Where? On the terrace?Copy !req
702. Come in, brothers.
God protect you.Copy !req
703. Hide in the well.
God be with you.Copy !req
704. They're gone. Wait until I call.
Then you can come up.Copy !req
705. Thank you.Copy !req
706. The first section's dead.
There's no one left.Copy !req
707. We lost contact with the second.Copy !req
708. The third is reorganizing.Copy !req
709. All that's left is the fourth.
It's enough to start over with.Copy !req
710. FEBRUARY 25, 1957Copy !req
711. Bastard!
You'll pay for the others!Copy !req
712. Keep calm! Get back!Copy !req
713. MARCH 4, 1957Copy !req
714. No more photographs.Copy !req
715. Mr. Ben M'Hidi,Copy !req
716. isn't it cowardly to use
your women's basketsCopy !req
717. to carry bombs, which have
taken so many innocent Iives?Copy !req
718. Isn't it even more cowardly
to attack defenseless villagesCopy !req
719. with napalm bombs that kill
many thousands of times more?Copy !req
720. Obviously, planes would
make things easier for us.Copy !req
721. Give us your bombers, sir,Copy !req
722. and you can have our baskets.Copy !req
723. The FLN has more of a chance
of defeating the French armyCopy !req
724. than the French have
of changing the course of history.Copy !req
725. According to a declaration
by Colonel Mathieu,Copy !req
726. you were arrested by chance.
Practically by mistake.Copy !req
727. The paratroopersCopy !req
728. were looking for someone
less important than you.Copy !req
729. Can you tell us why you were
in that apartmentCopy !req
730. on rue Debussy?Copy !req
731. All I can say is
I wish I'd never set foot there.Copy !req
732. That'll be all.
It's late and we have work to do.Copy !req
733. So the show's over?Copy !req
734. Yes, it's over.Copy !req
735. Before it has
the opposite effect.Copy !req
736. People of the Casbah,
the rebellion is dying out.Copy !req
737. Ali Mohammed, head of
FLN Section 2, was killed this morning.Copy !req
738. People of Algiers,Copy !req
739. turn in the agitators.Copy !req
740. Disassociate yourselves
from the rebel organization.Copy !req
741. The army is protecting you.
Trust in it.Copy !req
742. Colonel Mathieu,Copy !req
743. the spokesman for
the Resident Minister, Mr. Gorlin,Copy !req
744. states that Larbi Ben M'HidiCopy !req
745. hanged himself in his cellCopy !req
746. using strips of his shirt
that he made into a ropeCopy !req
747. and tied to the bars of his window.Copy !req
748. Given his stated intention
to escape at the first opportunity,Copy !req
749. it was thought necessaryCopy !req
750. to keep the prisoner boundCopy !req
751. hand and foot at all times.
In your opinion, Colonel,Copy !req
752. in such a condition, can a manCopy !req
753. tear his shirt up,
make a rope out of it,Copy !req
754. and hang himself from a window?Copy !req
755. Ask the spokesman about that.Copy !req
756. I didn't make such a statement.Copy !req
757. For my part, I had the chance
to appreciate the moral fiber,Copy !req
758. courage and commitment
of Ben M'Hidi to his own ideals.Copy !req
759. And so, notwithstanding
the great danger he represented,Copy !req
760. I pay tribute to his memory.Copy !req
761. There's been a lot of talk, not only
of the paratroopers' success,Copy !req
762. but also of the methods
they're said to use.Copy !req
763. Can you comment on this?Copy !req
764. Their success is the result
of these methods.Copy !req
765. One depends on the other.Copy !req
766. Excuse me, Colonel.Copy !req
767. It seems to be that, perhaps
out of an excess of caution,Copy !req
768. my colleagues keep asking you
indirect questionsCopy !req
769. to which you can only reply
in a roundabout way.Copy !req
770. It would be better to call...Copy !req
771. a spade a spade.
So let's talk about torture.Copy !req
772. I understand.
And you? Have you no question?Copy !req
773. They've all been asked.
I'd just like more precise answers.Copy !req
774. Let's try to be precise.
The word "torture" isn't used in our orders.Copy !req
775. We use interrogation
as the only valid police methodCopy !req
776. against clandestine activity.Copy !req
777. The FLN asks all its members,Copy !req
778. in case of capture,
to remain silent for 24 hours.Copy !req
779. Then they may talk.Copy !req
780. This gives the FLN time
to render any information useless.Copy !req
781. And us? What form of questioning
must we adopt?Copy !req
782. Civil law procedures,Copy !req
783. which take months
for a mere misdemeanor?Copy !req
784. Legality can be inconvenient.Copy !req
785. Is it legal to set off bombs
in public places?Copy !req
786. Remember Ben M'Hidi's answer
when you asked him the question.Copy !req
787. No, gentlemen, believe me.
It's a vicious circle.Copy !req
788. We could talk for hours to no avail,
because that isn't the problem.Copy !req
789. The problem is this:Copy !req
790. The FLN wants to throw us out
of AIgeria, and we want to stay.Copy !req
791. Even with slight shades of opinion,Copy !req
792. you all agree that we must stay.Copy !req
793. When the FLN rebellion began,
there were no shades at all.Copy !req
794. Every paper, the communist press
included, wanted it crushed.Copy !req
795. We're here for that reason alone.Copy !req
796. We're neither madmen nor sadists.Copy !req
797. Those who call us fascistsCopy !req
798. forget the role many of us
played in the Resistance.Copy !req
799. Those who call us NazisCopy !req
800. don't know that some of us survived
Dachau and Buchenwald.Copy !req
801. We are soldiers.
Our duty is to win.Copy !req
802. Therefore, to be precise,Copy !req
803. it's my turn to ask a question.Copy !req
804. Should France stay in AIgeria?Copy !req
805. If your answer is still yes,Copy !req
806. then you must accept
all the consequences.Copy !req
807. A doctor!
He's been stabbed!Copy !req
808. I'm out of ammo!Copy !req
809. Look there!Copy !req
810. Run them down!Copy !req
811. AUGUST 26, 1957Copy !req
812. Make way for the colonel.Copy !req
813. There's no point playing the hero.
Hand me the megaphone.Copy !req
814. Ramel. Si Murad.Copy !req
815. I wouldn't want to be
in your shoes when you're captured.Copy !req
816. You know we'll get you.Copy !req
817. Surrender and you won't be harmed.
You'll get a fair trial.Copy !req
818. Do you hear?
- Who's speaking?Copy !req
819. Mathieu. Colonel Mathieu.Copy !req
820. We don't trust you.Copy !req
821. Come closer.Copy !req
822. Let us see you.Copy !req
823. Why don't you trust me?Copy !req
824. Stand up so that we can see you.Copy !req
825. Keep your hands still
and in sight.Copy !req
826. But we want the promise
of a fair trial in writing.Copy !req
827. Give us a written promise.
Then we'll surrender.Copy !req
828. How do I get it to you?Copy !req
829. We'll lower our guns in a basket.Copy !req
830. Fair enough.
I'm make this statement in writing.Copy !req
831. Finished?Copy !req
832. Yes, finished.Copy !req
833. - Ready, Mathieu?
- Yes, but let's see you first.Copy !req
834. 28, 27, 26,Copy !req
835. 25, 24, 23...Copy !req
836. We can see them now.
Go ahead.Copy !req
837. Here.Copy !req
838. You know that when I give my word,
I keep it.Copy !req
839. The bastard! He got away!Copy !req
840. Faster, dirty Arab!Copy !req
841. Take this, you dog!Copy !req
842. Burn all the papers.Copy !req
843. SEPTEMBER 24, 1957Copy !req
844. Don't leave a trace.Copy !req
845. Which of you is Zakia?Copy !req
846. You?Copy !req
847. Go tell Jaffar to surrenderCopy !req
848. or we'll blow up the house
and everyone in it.Copy !req
849. Try to convince him
if you want to keep your house.Copy !req
850. Got that?Copy !req
851. Wait. You'll get yourself killed.Copy !req
852. Jaffar!Copy !req
853. Zakia's coming up.
I wouldn't shoot if I were you.Copy !req
854. Go on now.Copy !req
855. Jaffar.Copy !req
856. Listen to me.Copy !req
857. They say if you don't come down,Copy !req
858. they'll blow up the house.Copy !req
859. You can tell them to blow up
whatever they want.Copy !req
860. Go tell them!Copy !req
861. He says he won't surrender,
that you can blow it all up.Copy !req
862. All right. Join the others.Copy !req
863. Prepare the explosives.Copy !req
864. Get as close as possible,
but don't take risks.Copy !req
865. Use a long fuse, then cut it.Copy !req
866. Give them cover while they work.Copy !req
867. You, keep your eyes open.
Anything can happen, as we know.Copy !req
868. It's really pointless
to die like this.Copy !req
869. Mathieu! if you give me your word
not to hurt anyone in this house,Copy !req
870. we'll come down.Copy !req
871. I'd have hated to blow you all up.Copy !req
872. Why?Copy !req
873. Your picture and your fileCopy !req
874. have been on my desk for months.Copy !req
875. I have the feeling I know you a bit.Copy !req
876. You don't strike me as the kind
for empty gestures.Copy !req
877. You seem satisfied
to have me alive.Copy !req
878. Yes, I am.Copy !req
879. I thought you'd regret it.
I gave you an unexpected advantage.Copy !req
880. No, only the satisfaction
of having had the right hunch.Copy !req
881. Technically speaking,Copy !req
882. we can't talk about advantages.
The game's over.Copy !req
883. Monster! Hypocrite! You're wrong.
Ali La Pointe is still in the Casbah.Copy !req
884. What's she saying?Copy !req
885. She says Ali La Pointe is still free.Copy !req
886. - Come in.
- I'm coming.Copy !req
887. You're tired. Go rest.Copy !req
888. Omar, go to bed.Copy !req
889. We have a job tomorrow.Copy !req
890. Myself, Mahmud, Hassiba...Copy !req
891. and you.Copy !req
892. There's no one else left.
Sadek will drive.Copy !req
893. You get out, plant the bomb,
and come back fast.Copy !req
894. Be sure they don't follow you.
Then we'll get out.Copy !req
895. Hassiba first, then Mahmud.
I'll see to the rest.Copy !req
896. Wake up.Copy !req
897. Sleep well?
Get ready to go.Copy !req
898. - Is it time?
- Almost.Copy !req
899. Hassiba!
- I'm ready.Copy !req
900. I heard a truck.Copy !req
901. So did l. But if it was Sadek,
he'd be here by now.Copy !req
902. - How's your wife?
- She's fine.Copy !req
903. Inside!Copy !req
904. Outside!Copy !req
905. On your feet!Copy !req
906. Well?Copy !req
907. All ready.
I had the house evacuated.Copy !req
908. - Has he answered?
- Absolute silence.Copy !req
909. I thought as much.Copy !req
910. Ali La Pointe!Copy !req
911. At least let the others out,
or you'll all be blown up.Copy !req
912. The boy will just go
to the reformatory for a while.Copy !req
913. Why let him die?Copy !req
914. He's still here?
Take him away.Copy !req
915. Ali... Ali La Pointe!Copy !req
916. You have another 30 seconds.
What are you hoping for?Copy !req
917. Anyway, you've lost.Copy !req
918. Think hard. Thirty seconds.Copy !req
919. Thirty seconds from now.Copy !req
920. Whoever wants to can go.Copy !req
921. - What'll you do?
- I don't trust them.Copy !req
922. You four stay here.
Come down when I give the signal.Copy !req
923. - Everything ready?
- All ready, sir.Copy !req
924. Stand back.Copy !req
925. You two cover him and be careful.
You never know.Copy !req
926. The tapeworm's headless now.Copy !req
927. Satisfied, Mathieu?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
928. - The FLN is decapitated in AIgiers.
- We'll hear no more of it.Copy !req
929. At least for the time being.
- Forever, let's hope.Copy !req
930. They're basically decent people.
We got on fine for 130 years.Copy !req
931. Why shouldn't it continue?
- But AIgiers isn't all of AIgeria.Copy !req
932. No, AIgiers isn't all AIgeria.Copy !req
933. True, but for now
let's settle for AIgiers.Copy !req
934. Things are much easier
in the mountains.Copy !req
935. Good-bye, sir.Copy !req
936. Good-bye, Mathieu.
I'll see you this afternoon.Copy !req
937. Yes, sir.Copy !req
938. DECEMBER 1 1, 1 960Copy !req
939. For some unknown reason,
due to some obscure motive,Copy !req
940. after two years of relative quiet,Copy !req
941. with the war contained mostlyCopy !req
942. in the mountains, disturbances
broke out again without warning,Copy !req
943. and nobody knows why or how.Copy !req
944. I phoned Tunis.Copy !req
945. I spoke to an exiled FLN chief,
but he knows nothing either.Copy !req
946. Long live AIgeria!Copy !req
947. This morning, for the first time,
out came flags with crescent and star.Copy !req
948. Thousands of flags,Copy !req
949. probably made overnight.Copy !req
950. "Flags" is hardly the word.
More like torn sheets, shirts, rags -Copy !req
951. but flags nevertheless.Copy !req
952. We're marching for freedom!Copy !req
953. The situation is more tense today.Copy !req
954. Despite pressureCopy !req
955. from the most rigid colonialists,
the government had given ordersCopy !req
956. not to open fire
except as a last resort.Copy !req
957. Attempts were made this afternoon
to descend into the European quarter.Copy !req
958. There were several casualties,
but things seem to have calmed down.Copy !req
959. The Muslim quarters still echoCopy !req
960. with those unintelligible
and frightening rhythmic cries.Copy !req
961. The surprising unity
of these demonstrationsCopy !req
962. has made a deep impression
on French public opinion.Copy !req
963. According to Paris, a significant
segment of the political classCopy !req
964. is in favor of seeking
a new relationship with Algeria.Copy !req
965. DECEMBER 21, 1 960Copy !req
966. Listen to me!Copy !req
967. Return to your homes!Copy !req
968. What do you want?Copy !req
969. Independence!Copy !req
970. Our pride!Copy !req
971. We want our freedom!Copy !req
972. Two more years of struggle
still lay ahead.Copy !req
973. Then, on July 2, 1962,
with its independence,Copy !req
974. the Algerian nation was born.Copy !req
975. Based on a True Story byCopy !req