Saadi Yacef, right, military leader of the National Liberation Front, after being captured in 1957, following a long hunt at the end of the Battle of Algiers. (AFP/Getty Images) ...

Saadi Yacef, second from left, in a scene from “The Battle of Algiers,” a movie by Gillo Pontecorvo about the war between Algerian independence fighters and France. Mr. Yacef had fought in the ...

Saadi Yacef: First of all [before I answer the question] let me say that during this fight for independence, I was arrested and betrayed by one of my lieutenants, which also happens to very ...

Ali La Pointe (Brahim Haggiag) and Djafar (Saadi Yacef) hide out from the French military in Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 masterpiece, "The Battle of Algiers." ...

Saadi Yacef, the Algerian revolutionary leader who fought for his country's liberation from French colonial rule, died on 10 September 2021 . Yacef is perhaps one of the better known of Algeria's ...

Everett CollectionJean Martin in The Battle of Algiers, 1965. Stars: Brahim Hagiag, Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef. Director: Gillo Pontecorvo Distributor: Rizzoli Academy ...

The Battle of Algiers: Political drama first released in 1965. Italian- Algerian co-production directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. Written by Franco Solinas, based on the book by Saadi Yacef.

Saadi Yacef, as revolutionary leader El-hadi Jaffar (second from left) and Brahim Haggiag (right) as revolutionary leader Ali La Pointe in a scene from Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle Of Algiers.

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.

“The Battle of Algiers” began as a project of one of the early leaders of the rebellion, Saadi Yacef (who ended up playing a similar role in the film).