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Composer chiefly remembered for his symphonic poems -the first of that genre to be written by a Frenchman- and for his opera 'Samson et Dalila'. Notable for his pioneering efforts on behalf of French music, he was also a gifted pianist and organist, and a writer of criticism, poetry, essays, and plays. Of his concerti and symphonies, in which he adapted the virtuosity of Franz Liszt's style to French traditions of harmony and form, his 'Third Symphony' is most often performed.- Brahim Hadjadj began with the film "The Battle of Algiers" (1966), directed by the Italian Gillo Pontecorvo. The 32-year-old actor plays the leading role, that of the Algerian revolutionary hero Ali Ammar (1930-1957), known under the pseudonym "Ali La Pointe". The film received several awards and nominations including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966, Pontecorvo received the Oscar for best director in 1979.
The success of "The Battle of Algiers" is global, and Brahim Hadjadj becomes the radiant face of Algeria and the country's number one actor. In the minds of all Algerians he becomes "Ali La Pointe", in a film which exposes to the world the abuses of the French colonial army under the cover of "pacification campaigns", previously censored by the French media. Brahim Hadjadj becomes in the middle of the sixties, the rebel hero, glamorous icon of an entire youth who believes that a more egalitarian world is possible. Around the attribution of the role of Ali La Pointe to Brahim Hadjadj, there is a whole mythology, some say that the director Gillo Pontecorvo sitting at the terrace of the Tantonville café in Algiers, saw Hadjadj passing by by chance and offered him the role. Wild casting or not, Gillo Pontecorvo found the naturalness, spontaneity and grace he was looking for in Brahim, for his reality cinema film which he wanted to be as close as possible to a documentary.
Brahim Hadjadj goes from shadow to light after "The Battle of Algiers", without any dramatic training and a basic level of school studies, neither prepared nor supervised, he finds himself hounded by the press, bombarded with questions, which according to him, exceeded his cultural level. The actor, overwhelmed by his new status, still lives as before, day by day. Gillo Pontecorvo, thought of him to play the role of the anticolonial revolutionary José Dolores in his new film "Queimada" (1969). Brahim Hadjadj, then without an agent to manage his career and unpunctual, gave rise to serious doubts in the production company which considered him risky for such a substantial project. Brahim Hadjadj unreachable, the production opts for the Colombian actor Evaristo Márquez who shares the poster with the legend Marlon Brando. Brahim continued his career with Luchino Visconti in 1967 in "The Stranger", in 1969 in "L'Opium Et Le Bâton" by Ahmed Rachedi, in the role of Omar, in 1971 in "Patrouille À l'Est" by Amar Laskri, in 1974 Ahmed Rachedi in "The Finger in the Gear", in 1975 Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina in the cult "Chronique Des Années De Braise", in 1986 he is Si Omar in "The Roaring Years of the Twist" by Mahmoud Zemmouri...
In the 90s, in the middle of the dark decade, bomb attacks increased in Algiers and throughout the country, culture was no longer a priority for institutions, and a good number of intellectuals, journalists and artists, threatened, flee the country. The last years of Brahim Hadjadj's life, in the suburbs of the Algerian capital, in the Cherarba district, were difficult. Hadjadj is diagnosed with a brain tumor. While it took time to raise the funds to send him abroad for surgery, he died in Algiers. - Actor
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Yacef Saadi was born on 20 January 1928 in Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]. He was an actor and producer, known for The Battle of Algiers (1966), L'Histoire Du Film La Bataille D'Alger (2018) and Gillo - Le donne, i cavalier, l'armi, gli amori (2007). He was married to Baya Boudjema. He died on 10 September 2021 in Algiers, Algeria.- Keltoum, whose real name is Aïcha Adjouri, is an Algerian actress. Figure and dean of Algerian theater and cinema, Keltoum crosses paths with Mahieddine Bachtarzi who recruits her for a small role as a dancer in an operetta. In 1937, she co-starred with Rachid Ksentini in Marriage by Telephone and appeared in most of the shows on the famous "Mahieddine tours" in Algeria, North Africa and Europe.
It also happened that the rigors of the colonial law of the time came to sanction the actress. In its edition of March 21, 1950, the daily newspaper Algiers Republican reports a fine of 50,000 francs imposed on Mahieddine by the municipality, the layoff for a month of the actress Keltoum and the ban on performing on the stage. of the Opera made to the Tunisian singer Ali Riahi, on the grounds that the piece El-Ouadjib and the songs during the performance included passages deemed "seditious". (Memoirs of M. Bachetarzi)
Member of the Arab troupe of the Opera of Algiers when it was created in 1947 under the direction of Bachtarzi, alongside many stars including Mohammed Touri, Djelloul Bachdjerrah, Réda Falaki and Mustapha Kateb, she interrupted her activities in 1956 with the independance War. She is back on stage with the creation, in 1963, of the National Theater in the company of Mustapha Kateb, Mohamed Boudia, Abderrahmane Kaki, Allel el-Mouhib and Abdelkader Alloula. Until the turn of 1990, she will have played in several dozen plays. After Mort d'un commercial voyageur by Arthur Miller by Fouzia Aït El-Hadj (1987), followed by La Maison de Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca, staged by Allel el-Mouhib, his last appearance dates back to 1991 , with the cover of El Bouaboune (Les Concierges) by Rouiched.
At the cinema, she appeared in La Septième Porte by French filmmaker André Swobada with, in the main roles of Leila and Ali, on the one hand, Maria Casarès and Georges Marchal for the French version and, on the other hand, Keltoum and Bechir Gabsi for the Arabic version. She will shine especially in a magnificent silent and stripped interpretation of mother courage in the Vent des Aurès by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina in 1966. Asked about his meeting with the actress, Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina confided that it was on the recommendation of André Swobada whom he met and chose Keltoum for the Vent des Aurès. She will play again in Hassan Terro (1968), December (1972) and Chronicle of the Brazen Years (1974) by the same director, then in Les Déracinés (Beni Hendel) by Lamine Merbah (1976), Le Vent du sud (Rih el- djanoub, 1975) and Hassan Taxi (1982) by Mohamed Slim Riad, The Roaring Years of the Twist by Mahmoud Zemmouri (1986) or even Hassan Niya by Ghaouti Bendedouche (1989).
A figure of theater and cinema in Algeria, Keltoum was given a tribute in March 2010 at the initiative of the association of filmmakers Lumières. Ill, she could not be present at the ceremony. Keltoum was buried in the cemetery of El Alia. - Gábor Baraker was born on 10 June 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for The Saint (1962), Doctor Who (1963) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). He died on 30 April 1983 in Algeria.
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Mahieddine Bachtarzi was born on 15 December 1897 in Algeria. He was an actor and composer, known for Face au destin (1940), Sirocco (1938) and La parole est au témoin (1963). He died on 6 February 1986 in Algiers, Algeria.- Sid Ali Kouiret was born on 3 January 1933 in Algiers, Alger, France. He was an actor, known for Les suspects (2004), The Ambassadors (1976) and Ahlam (1983). He died on 5 April 2015 in Algiers, Algeria.
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Yamina Bachir was born on 20 March 1954 in Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]. She was an editor and writer, known for Rachida (2002), Hier... aujourd'hui et demain (2010) and The Citadel (1988). She was married to Mohamed Chouikh. She died on 3 April 2022 in Algiers, Algeria.- Actor
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Rouiched by his real name Ahmed Ayad (28/04/1921-20/01/1999), is an Algerian actor and humorist born in Algiers, from a father from Aït Djennad in the district of Tizi Ouzou and from a mother from Blida. He is the half-brother of singer Hadj Mrizek.
During childhood, Rouiched did a thousand odd jobs to survive. Self-taught, his first role in a play by Abdelhamid Ababsa entitled "Estardjâ Yâ Assi" (Come back to you O unconscious). His performance saves the coin from the flop. He then embarked on the profession and became the leader of an artistic troupe. He rubbed shoulders with the great names of the time: Rachid Ksentini, Mustapha Badie, Nadjat Tounsi, Sid-Ali Fernandel, Mohamed Touri, Mustapha Kateb... His conception of art and theater earned him the mourning of Mahieddine Bachetarzi. After independence, he was part of the troupe of the Algerian National Theater, but obtained recognition on television and in the cinema in the film "Hassen Terro" by Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina.
Rouiched has become a very great figure in Algerian comic theater and cinema, will continue his career on Algerian Television where he will play in many sketches and TV movies until his death in 1999.- Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli is considered one of the pillars of culture and the arts in Algeria. He was born in Médéa in 1913 and grew up in a conservative family. His first encounter with the boards dates back to 1920, when he had not yet reached the age of 7. He recorded his creative career in golden letters, with remarkable and rich artistic achievements (plays, operettas). In 1935, he created the club "El Hilal Erryadi" whose activities encompassed different sports disciplines as well as works of art and theatrical productions. Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli traveled to Algiers in 1939 where he became interested in political activity, following his membership of the PPA. At the same time, he created a theatrical troupe called "Redha El Bey". During this period, he wrote many poems and patriotic hymns on behalf of the Algerian Muslim Scouts, among others the Kassida entitled "Min Jibalina" and another under the title "At the call of my homeland, I answered present ". He has also written plays including "I tell you" (Ahqui laka) "and" The crazy beach "(Medjnoun Echat)". After the events of May 8, 1945 and the rise of nationalism which resulted in the demand for freedom and independence, the French authorities prohibited the activities of the troupe, in which he played, until 1948, because of his involvement in the nationalist struggle. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli joined the ranks of the National Liberation Front within it was activated. This earned him to be arrested in 1957 and will not be released until three years later. He was subsequently broadcast on national radio where he produced numerous programs on poetry and song. Among these programs, we will mention "Ahlem oua Aouham", (Dreams and imaginations) "Dounya Echabab" (the world of young people) and "Rached oua El Djouala". In addition, he created a popular theater troupe that moved from village to village. Following independence in 1962, Mohamed El Mahboub Stambouli joined the Algerian National Theater where he brought out all his energy and artistic skill. He got the first prize from the RTA, as the author of the lyrics of the song called "Taj Ezzine". Throughout his artistic career, writing has been his main occupation. He wrote 5,000 poems (Kassida), some are written in literary Arabic. It has also been translated or adapted a dozen international plays and operettas in addition to numerous film scripts and stories.
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Ahmed Malek was born on 6 March 1931 in Bordj El Kiffan, Algéria. He was a composer, known for Mughamarat batal (1979), Deux Femmes (1992) and Omar Gatlato (1977). He died on 24 July 2008 in Algiers, Algeria.- Actor
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Real name Mohamed Djediat, Sissani, is an Algerian actor and production director. In 1933, he attended the Chabiba school. A few years later, while he was in Nadi Taraqi, Bachetarzi asked a few students to give new blood to his troop. Sissani will be part of this promotion which will join Mansali, Benchoubène, Keltoum, Habib Réda and others. His first steps on stage led him indifferently to the musical or theatrical part of the Mahieddine troupe's shows. He played music in the Réda Bey troupe, played in radio plays and played roles in television films since 1952 (El Yakachine by Ali Abdoun). He also had fun launching a publishing house El Kawakib whose hundredth disc would include the song "Meghdour Mimouna" performed by the duo Soudani and Hachemi (Respectively Sissani and Guerouabi).
At the Algiers Opera, he was the one-man band: actor, on occasion, acting director. Considering himself a tragic and comic actor, he was present in almost all the TNA productions which he joined in 1966. From Bab El Foutouh to Cahnt De La Forêt via Sekket Salama and Le Cercle de Craie Caucasien, on the stage, his presence is imposing. In the cinema, he notably played in "Chronique des Années de Braise" by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1974), "Echebka" by Ghaouti Bendedouche (1976) and "Les Déracinés" by Mohamed Lamine Merbah (1976). His last cinematographic role will be in "The Clandestine" by Benamar Bakhti (1989) during which the illness began to eat away at him.
Sissani, an accomplished artist, continued to practice his profession as an actor, braving illness, until his last breath on June 29, 2003, at the age of 83. His son will say that Sissani died as he lived courageously with humor and a smile on his face. he is buried in the El Alia cemetery in Algiers.- Editor
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Cécile Decugis was a French editor, film maker and director. In the 1950s, Cécile Decugis took part in support of the struggle for independence in Algeria and made Les Refugiés1 (1957), a short film about the displacement of people into Tunisia. At the same time, she set up the first short and feature films by François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. On March 9, 1960, while starting work with Truffaut on Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Cécile Decugis was arrested in Paris. Sentenced to five years imprisonment for renting an apartment to FLN2 militants, she spent two years in La Roquette prison. During this time François Truffaut provided her with financial assistance. In the late 1960s, Cécile Decugis became, the official editor of director Éric Rohmer for about fifteen years. During her life she edited numerous important films and directed five of her own.- Music Department
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Cheb Hasni, whose real name is Hasni Chakroun, was born on February 1, 1968 in Gambetta, a popular suburb of Oran, the son of a welder and father of seven children. Young, he pushed his voice right out of school.
He was also a footballer, which he started at the age of 9 with ASMO. At 15, he was injured and remained hospitalized for several weeks. Back on the field, his weight had increased, and despite the encouragement of the coaches, he was unable to continue his sporting career.
Hasni reportedly performed for the first time at the club leader's brother's wedding. In the process, one of the wedding guests offers him to perform in the cabarets of Oran.
In 1986, Hasni Chakroun recorded his first cassette with Saint-Crépain editions. In 1987, he performed songs in duet with the raï singer Chaba Zahouania.
He married in 1987, at the age of 19, and had a child, whose name was Abdellah, born in 1989. His wife "Melouka", whose real name is Zahzouh Malika, was the main one. inspiration for years. of his greatest titles like "Tal Ghyabek ya ghzali" or "El Bayda mon amour".
Singer adored by young people in Algeria and around the world, Cheb Hasni likes to sing about sentimental love, while the stars of his time sing about divorces and adulteries. He becomes the most prolific and the biggest seller of cassettes in the country.
Coming from the second generation of raï, which appeared after 1985, the year of the first raï festival in Algeria, and of which cheb Hasni and his emulator cheb Nasro were the first representatives. Their music is labeled "Raï sentimental" or "Raï love" compared to the "vulgar" and harsh raï of their predecessors. More melodious, the genre is widely popularized through weddings, so much so that the bar and the cabaret are no longer essential spaces for the dissemination of the genre.
Hasni's lyricists succeeded Aziz Kourbali, Laàredj (brother of Hasni), Hasni (himself), Khaled Bendouda (1st lyricist of Hasni), Mohamed Nouna, Mekki Nouna, Ahmed Hamadi, Kader Jidar (Kader Sonacome), Houari Damache, Bousekrine Baby, etc. The musicians were Ali Bouabdellah, Noureddine Tiger, Hocine Cheriet, Hocine Nahal, Kouider Berkane, Mohamed Meghni, etc.
In 1990, prolific, he recorded 10 clips with a French company: "Dawrou El'auto V3", "Katba V1", "Bayda Mon Amour V1", "Ma Nssit'ha Ra Rahet Men Bali", "Mazel souvenir aandi" ,"Tebaatek Sahti Rchet V1", "It's over Alik Ya Mehanti V1", "Hada Mektoubi", "Dayek Dayek".
In 1992, he signed a contract with manager Nourredine Gafaïti (manager of Chaba Zahouania, Cheb Sahraoui and Chaba Fadela) and went on tour around the world with other stars.
In 1993, he extracted 5 songs from the album "Aaynik Ya Aaynik". The clips that were produced by ENTV are: "Fèrketi El-Echra", "Dawini B Dwèek", "Mazal Galbi M Elkiyya Ma Bra", "Guaa Ennssa".
Inducted King of "Raï love", Hasni has recorded more than 150 cassettes during his career, with at least six songs per audio tape.
At the height of his art, on September 29, 1994, Hasni was assassinated in his neighborhood of Oran (Gambetta) at the age of 26. The Armed Islamic Group (G.I.A) claims responsibility for the assassination, the news sets the whole country ablaze. and a huge crowd gathered in his neighborhood. The following year, on February 15, 1995, it was the turn of raï producer Rachid Baba Ahmed to be assassinated in the same context.
Every Algerian, wherever he is on earth, carries his memory with him, the memory of a time when Hasni presented some hope amidst the chaos of the "dark decade". He will leave behind him the image of a martyr, a man of the people, attached to his district of Oran and to Algeria that he will never want to leave us even under the threat of terrorism, and remains the idol of all a people. , Algeria but also the whole Maghreb and its diaspora.
He will be decorated with the medal of the Order of National Merit in the grade of "Achir" posthumously.- Djamila, whose real name is Djohra Bachene, is an Algerian actress, presenter and singer of traditional Kabyle music. Djohra Bachene, her real name, was orphaned by her father at the age of 12, Djamila benefits from having met the Kabyle singer Chabha who takes her under wing and introduces her to the world of radio. It was in 1951 that she took her first steps on Channel II, an Algerian radio station in the Amazigh language. She will then join the Urar n'lkhalath women's choir alongside Cherifa, Hnifa, Nouara and other great Kabyle singers. She wrote and performed many songs in the Kabyle musical style "Achewiq". In addition to her musical and radio career, Djamila began a career as an actress in cinema and television in 1962. She appears in particular in the films The Forgotten Hill by Abderrahmane Bouguermouh, Le Vent des Aurès by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina and several TV films alongside Mohamed Hilmi.
- Blaha Benziane was born on 23 November 1953 in Oran, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Nass Mlah City (2002), Rayes Korso (2019) and Sultan Ashour 10 (2015). He died on 2 May 2021 in Oran, Algeria.
- Farid Kessaissia was born on 24 July 1963 in Algiers, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Automne... Octobre à Alger (1993), Nass Mlah City (2002) and The Casbah of Algiers (1993). He died on 12 July 2021 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was born on 22 November 1902 in Belloy Saint Léonard, Somme, France. He died on 28 November 1947 in Colomb-Bechar, Algeria.
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Pierre Marodon was born on 2 May 1873 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for Buridan, le héros de la Tour de Nesle (1923), Le château des fantômes (1923) and Qui a tué? (1919). He died on 5 April 1949 in Ain Témouchent, Oran, France [now Algeria].- Aziz Anik was born on 1 March 1956 in Algiers, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Radhia (1992), Cheb (1991) and Le Clandestin (1989). He died on 6 November 1997 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Mouloud Feraoun is an Algerian speaking writer. His most famous work is the trilogy The Poor Man's Son (1950), The Earth and the Blood (1953) and The Roads That Rise (1957).
Born officially on in the village of Tizi Hibel, he belongs to the clan (takheroubt) of Aït-Chabane, Feraoun being the name imposed by officers of Native Affairs responsible for the establishment of a civil status for the Algerian populations after the insurrection of 1871. His parents were poor peasants, who had eight children, only five of whom survived. Mouloud is the third of them, and the first son. Since 1910, the father has had the habit of emigrating periodically to mainland France to provide for the needs of his family. In 1928, he suffered an accident and began living on a disability pension. These family, social and cultural roots are preponderant for Mouloud Feraoun, who titles his first autobiographical novel "Le Fils Du Pauvre" and makes Kabyle culture the main component of his identity.
He attended Tizi Hibel school from the age of seven. In 1928, he was a scholarship holder at the upper primary school of Tizi Ouzou, then, in 1932, he passed the entrance examination for the normal school of teachers of Bouzareah (today École normale supérieure de Bouzareah), near from Algiers. There he met Emmanuel Roblès. A graduate of the normal school, he began his career as a teacher in Taourirt Aden, a small village in Kabylia. In 1935, he was appointed teacher in Tizi Hibel, where he married Dehbia and had seven children.
Mouloud Feraoun began writing his first novel, "Le Fils Du Pauvre" in 1939. The work, praised by critics, won the Grand Prix de la ville d'Algiers. In 1946, he was transferred to Taourirt Moussa Ouamar, commune of Aït Mahmoud. In 1952, he was appointed director of the complementary course at Fort-National. In 1957, promoted to director of the Nador school in Clos-Salembier, he left Kabylia for Algiers. In 1951, he corresponded with Albert Camus. On July 15, he finished "La Terre et le Sang", a work awarded in 1953 with the Eugène-Dabit prize for the populist novel. The novel tells the life of a Kabyle village which takes a dim view of the return of one of its children who left to work in the mines of northern France. In 1957, Éditions du Seuil published the novel "Les Chemins Qui Montent". His translation of the poems of Si Mohand Ou Mhand (The Poems of Si Mohand) was published by Éditions de Minuit in 1960. In 1960, Mouloud Feraoun was inspector of social centers (created on the initiative of Germaine Tillion) at Château-Royal near Ben Aknoun.
With five of his colleagues, including academy inspector Max Marchand, he was assassinated on March 15, 1962, four days before the ceasefire, by the OAS, which saw it as a hotbed of independence.
His Journal, written from 1955 to 1962, was submitted to Seuil in February 1962 and will be published posthumously, as will two last novels, "L'Anniversaire", unfinished, and "La Cité Des Roses", completed but left for a long time unpublished. - Abdelaziz Bouteflika was born on 2 March 1937 in Oujda, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]. He was married to Amal Triki. He died on 17 September 2021 in Zéralda, Algeria.
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Matoub Lounès was born on 24 January 1956 in Taourirt Moussa, Kabylia, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Mondo (1995), Chérif Kheddam - Live Au Palais des Congrès (1996) and 7 sur 7 (1981). He died on 25 June 1998 in Eastern Algeria.- Mabrouk Ait Amara was born on 1 May 1963 in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Bab El Oued City (1994) and Normal! (2011). He died on 19 September 2019 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Kaci Ouchen was born on 1 January 1923 in Constantine, Algérie. He was an actor, known for L'opium et le bâton (1969), Les hors-la-loi (1969) and Le Vent du Sud (1975). He died on 17 March 1999 in Alger, Algeria.
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Abdelkader Alloula was born on 8 July 1939 in El Ghazaouet, Algeria. He was an actor and writer, known for Under the Ashes (1990), Hassan Niya (1989) and Combien je vous aime (1985). He died on 10 March 1994 in Oran, Algeria.- Actor
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Mohamed Bouamari was born in 1941 in Sétif, Constantine, France [now Algeria]. He was an actor and director, known for First Step (1980), El faham (1973) and L'héritage (1975). He died on 1 December 2006 in Algiers, Algeria.- Ahmed Ben Bella was born on 25 December 1916 in Maghnia, Oran, France [now Algeria]. He was married to Zohra Sellami. He died on 11 April 2012 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Djamel Amrani was born on 29 August 1935 in Sour El-Ghozlane, Algeria. He died on 2 March 2005 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Hervé Gourdel was born on 12 September 1959 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He died on 24 September 2014 in Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria.
- Doudja Abdoun was born on 23 January 1923 in Algiers, Algeria. She was an actress, known for Hassan Taxi (1982), Louss, warda al-rimal (1989) and Automne... Octobre à Alger (1993). She died on 10 October 2008 in Algiers, Algeria.
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M'hamed Issiakhem was born on 17 June 1928 in Taboudoucht, Algeria. He was an art director, known for La voie (1967), Poussière de Juillet (1967) and M'hamed Issiakhem (1985). He died on 1 December 1985 in Algiers, Algeria.- Moise Tshombe was born on 10 November 1919 in Musumba, Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]. He died on 29 June 1969 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Karim Zenasni was born in 1961. He was an actor, known for Nass Mlah City (2002), Barakat! (2006) and Gourbi Palace (2006). He died on 16 February 2006 in Algiers, Algeria.
- Mouloud Mammeri was born on 28 December 1917 in Taourirt Mimoune (Ath Yenni), Kabylia, Algeria. He was a writer, known for L'opium et le bâton (1969), Morte la Longue Nuit (1979) and The Forgotten Hill (1997). He died on 26 February 1989 in Ain Defla, Algeria.
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Mariem Hassan was born on 15 October 1958 in Ued Tazua, Smara, Spanish Sahara. She was a composer, known for Fati, Wait! (2007), Las cubarauis (2005) and Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015). She was married to Hamadi Breika and Bachir Mohamed. She died on 22 August 2015 in Tindouf, Algeria.- Kaddour Brahim Zakaria was a director, known for L'inspecteur Tahar Marque le But (1977). Kaddour Brahim died on 27 April 2023 in Algeria.
- Mohamed Abdelaziz was born in 1947 in Spanish Sahara. He died in May 2016 in Algeria.
- Hasna El Becharia was born in 1950 in Béchar, Algeria. She died on 1 May 2024 in Algeria.
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Amar Laskri, born in Aïn Berda (Algeria) and died May 1, 2015 in Algiers, is an Algerian filmmaker.
He studied theatre, radio, television and cinema in Belgrade between 1962 and 19662. After three short films, he contributed, by directing an episode, to the collective fiction film L'Enfer (1968 at ten years old) . He directed the Algerian Center for Art and the Cinematographic Industry (CAAIC) from 1996 to 1998, the year of its dissolution.
One of his most famous films, described as "unbeatable" by El Watan, is "Patrol in the East". A scene from this film has even become "cult", taken up multiple times on the internet: it shows a lookout who shouts "Yaou Alikoum Men Guelma" to alert the fighters of the National Liberation Army, a cry echoed by the lookouts.
He declared in 2011 that he was considering making a film on Frantz Fanon, but he hesitated between choosing a fictional form (which would compromise the distribution of the film, Algeria having few cinemas) and a documentary which could television. The film remained in draft form.
When he died, the daily El Watan described him as "the figurehead of Algerian cinema." His work is marked by the theme of the Algerian War.- Khaled Nezzar was born on 25 December 1937 in Seriana, Batna, Algeria. He died on 29 December 2023 in Algiers, Algeria.
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Himoud Brahimi was born on 18 March 1918 in Alger, Algeria. He was an actor and writer, known for Tahia ya didou! (1971), Daughter of the Sands (1948) and Au coeur de la Casbah (1952). He died on 30 June 1997 in Alger, Algeria.- Isabelle Eberhardt was born on 17 February 1877 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was a writer, known for Eden miseria (1988). She was married to Slimane Ehnni. She died on 21 October 1904 in Äin-Sefra, Algeria.
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Paul Barlatier was born in 1880 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Paul was a director and writer, known for L'ampoule brisée (1922), La course à l'amour (1924) and Le gage (1920). Paul died in 1940 in Algiers, Algeria.- François Darlan was born on 7 August 1881 in Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne, France. He died on 24 December 1942 in Algiers, Algeria, France [now Algeria].
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Mustapha Toumi was born on 14 July 1937 in Alger, Algeria. He was an assistant director and writer, known for Echebka (1978), La jarre (2005) and Mary Magdalene (2000). He died on 2 April 2013 in Algiers, Algeria.- Writer
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Jean Boullet was born in 1921 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Dracula (2001), Midi-Minuit Fantastique (2021) and Un film d'amateur (1947). He died in December 1970 in Tebessa, Algeria.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina was born on 1 January 1943 in M'Sila, Algéria. He was a cinematographer, known for Mughamarat batal (1979), Omar Gatlato (1977) and Hassan, Terrorist (1968). He died on 14 December 2021 in Alger, Algeria.- Allel Bachali was born on 3 January 1939 in Mostaganem, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Rupture (1982) and La voie (1967). He died on 13 June 1995 in Mostaganem, Algeria.
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- Writer
he is an Algerian director born in Tlemcen, west of Algeria. He studied cinema at the High Institute of Cinematic Studies in Paris "DHEC", then worked as an assistant in France Television, and worked for two great french directors Claude Lelouch and Jean-Paul Sassy. On his return to Algeria, he worked for Algerian radio and television as a director, and he directed some of the television movies. He was famous for his cult movies: Buamama (1985) a historical film about the resistance against the French colonizer, and especially Le Clandestin (1989) a cult comedy in Algeria. He died at the age of 74 years old.