Mohamed Ben Kassen
Mohamed Ben Kassen is an Algerian actor. He plays the role of Little Omar in the cult film "The Battle of Algiers" by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966) with Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Rouiched... The action of the film "The Battle of Algiers" takes place in 1957, in Algeria, the people, supported by the FLN, revolt against the French occupier. On both sides, extreme methods are used: torture on the part of the French army and terrorism of Algerians revolting against the power in place. The war will spare no one. In the Casbah district of Algiers, a former delinquent, Ali La Pointe, refuses to stop the fighting, even when the situation seems desperate. For his part, Colonel Mathieu tries as best he can to carry out his mission, even if it means resorting to drastic means...
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.76 |
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Place of Birth | Algiers, Algeria |
Also Known As | Le petit Omar, محمد بن قسن, |
1966
The Battle of Algiers
7.9/753
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his...
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The Battle of Algiers
2004
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
10/1
This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at t...
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Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
2018
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
10/1
Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the fi...
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La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
2004
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
7.2/4
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the film and interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and...
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Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
2018
L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"
10/1
More than fifty years after the release of the film “The Battle of Algiers” in theaters in June 1966, director Salim Aggar found, after a search which...
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