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...
The Battle of Algiers
as Petit OmarTracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French...
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L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"
as Self (archive footage)More than fifty years after the release of the film “The Battle of Algiers” in theaters in June...
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Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
as Petit OmarThis 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of...
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Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
as Petit OmarTo commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the...
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La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
as Petit Omar (archive footage)Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of...
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