Yacef Saâdi
Acting
Biography
Yacef Saâdi (20 January 1928 – 10 September 2021) was an Algerian independence fighter, serving as a leader of the National Liberation Front during his country's war of independence. After the Algerian War, Yacef helped produce Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo's film The Battle of Algiers (1966), based on Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger. Yacef played a character modeled on his own experiences (named as Djafar) in the battle. He began his professional life as a baker's apprentice. In 1945 he …
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The Battle of Algiers
1966
El-Hadi Jaffar
Terror's Advocate
2007
Self
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
2004
Self
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
2018
Self (archive footage)
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
2007
Self
L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"
2018
Self
It Was the War of Algeria
2022
Self - FLN Member
Remembering History
2004
Self