Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
as Ali La Pointe
as Colonel Philippe Mathieu
as El-Hadi Jaffar
as Halima
as Petit Omar
as Combattant FLN
as The Drunk Man (uncredited)
as Responsable FLN
as Larbi Ben M'hidi
as Le Marié de la Casbah
as La Mariée de la Casbah
as Mahmoud (uncredited)
as Captain Dubois
as Fathia
as Captain
as (uncredited)
