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Casbah Films (Studio)

Algerian film production company

Casbah Film was an Algerian film production company founded by Yacef Saadi in 1963 in Algiers. It produced the historical film The Battle of Algiers (1966), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in co-production with the Italian company Igor Film.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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La bataille d'Alger film
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Casbah Film was an Algerian film production company founded by Yacef Saadi in 1963 in Algiers. It produced the historical film The Battle of Algiers (1966), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in co-production with the Italian company Igor Film.2

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