6 Films & TV Shows Set In Algeria During The 1940s
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Heliopolis
🇩🇿 Algeria The 1940sA Story Inspired by Real Events — In the city of Guelma, which was once called Heliopolis in ancient times, the daily life of an Algerian family takes its usual course. But on May 8, 1945, the day the end of World War II was announced, demonstrations by the Algerian people against the French colonial power and for the country's independence took place, which were bloodily suppressed by the French army and French settler militias. The event went down in history as the Sétif and Guelma massacre.
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Outside the Law
🇫🇷 France 🇩🇿 Algeria The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sThree brothers. One destiny. Freedom at all costs. — After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.
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Days of Glory
🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇩🇿 Algeria The 1940sThe true story of World War II's forgotten heroes. — During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination.
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Casablanca Express
🇩🇿 Algeria The 1940s... British S.I.S. and U.S. Marines rescue Winston Churchill from Nazi storm troopers in the Moroccan Desert... Stop. — It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is going by train to Casablanca where he will meet with Roosevelt and Stalin.
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The Hell with Heroes
🇩🇿 Algeria The 1940sThey all had something to sell...courage...sex...corruption! — In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggler to get money needed for their return to civilian life after fighting in World War II.
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Candlelight in Algeria
🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇩🇿 Algeria The 1940sCome With Us To The Mysterious Casbah, But Don't Expect To Come out Alive — Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. This drama follows the exploits of Eisenhower's top aide, Mark Clark, and other important Allies as they journey to an important meeting held on Algeria's coast. The precise location of this vital secret gathering is upon a piece of film which must not fall into enemy hands
