A 3 disc special Criterion edition of one of the most influential films in the history of political cinema, Gillo Pontecorvo's 'The Battle of Algiers' focuses on the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film vividly recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence...