List of the best Gillo Pontecorvo movies: The Battle of Algiers(1966), Burn!(1969), The Wide Blue Road(1956), The Wide Blue Road(1956) ... ...
War, Drama, History
Italy|Algeria
1966
125 Minutes
Director
Jean Martin Yacef Saadi Brahim Haggiag Tommaso Neri Samia Kerbash Michele Kerbash Fusia El Kader Mohamed Ben Kassen
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In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
Adventure
Italy|France
1969
112 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Evaristo Marquez Renato Salvatori Norman Hill Tom Lyons Joseph P. Persaud Dana Ghia Giampiero Albertini Carlo Palmucci
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During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary aids an Antilles island-colony gain its independence from Portugal but years later he returns there to manhunt a local rebel army leader and former friend.
Romance, Drama
1956
100 Minutes
Writer
Yves Montand Alida Valli Francisco Rabal Peter Carsten Federica Ranchi Terence Hill Ronoldo Bonacchi Josip Batistic Gillo Pontecorvo Stane Potokar Janez Vrhovec
A provincial fisherman (Yves Montand) angers other villagers by using dynamite illegally to expedite his catch.
Romance, Drama
1956
100 Minutes
Writer
Yves Montand Alida Valli Francisco Rabal Peter Carsten Federica Ranchi Terence Hill Ronoldo Bonacchi Josip Batistic Gillo Pontecorvo Stane Potokar Janez Vrhovec
A provincial fisherman (Yves Montand) angers other villagers by using dynamite illegally to expedite his catch.