In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous cellmates make out. Once free, they attack the authority represented by the triad of the boss, the gendarme and the administrator. “Living the colonial condition,” confided Tewfik Farès, “is something! It’s not sociologically or historically speaking. It’s life. And I think that’s all there in it. [...] For a hundred and thirty years, we wait. We hold back. We push back. We hope. At the same time, on different occasions, there are skirmishes, unrest.
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Cast
24 people
Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Slimane
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the Oued
The Italian
Nourredine Meziane (Cheikh Nourredine)
Moh
Also in
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Song of Autumn
Mohamed Chouikh
Ali
Also in
Elise, or Real Life
The Winds of the Aures
Malek Kateb
Brahim
Known for
French Connection II
Brothers in Arms
Brahim Hadjadj
Le Charretier
Known for
The Battle of Algiers
The Stranger
Djohra Bachene
Zhera
Also in
Bab El Oued City
The Forgotten Hill
Jacques Monod
L'administrateur
Known for
The Tenant
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Areski Nebti
Also in
Omar Gatlato
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Jean Bouise
Marc
Known for
The Big Blue
Nikita
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Also in
Tea in the Harem
Dawn of the Damned
Mostéfa Stiti
L'Auxiliaire
Known for
From Paris with Love
Zarafa
Jane Augier
Hélène
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Tewfik Farès Director · Georges Moustaki Composer Rachid Merabtine Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1969 · Produced in Algeria · Languages Arabic, French
Production
O.N.C.I.C.
Production
Algeria
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Languages
Original title
Les Hors-La-Loi
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Algeria · January 1, 1969
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
December 29, 1976 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 44817
February 24, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
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