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Gilberto Pontecorvo Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( Italian: [ˈdʒillo ponteˈkɔrvo]; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker associated with the political cinema movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for directing the landmark war docudrama The Battle of Algiers (1966).
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, widely viewed as one of the finest films of its genre: realistic though fictionalized documentary.
Gilberto Pontecorvo, detto Gillo è stato un regista, sceneggiatore, attore, compositore e partigiano italiano.
One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, widely viewed as one of the finest films of its genre: realistic though fictionalized documentary.
Oct 14, 2006 · ROME, Oct. 13 — Gillo Pontecorvo, the Italian filmmaker who explored terrorism and torture in colonial Algeria in the powerful and influential 1965 classic, “The Battle of Algiers,” died ...
Pontecorvo's name is forever linked to his one, unassailable masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers (1966). An account of Algeria's liberation from French rule, it was shot in a neorealist style and exerts an influence which continues to this day.
