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Benoît Magimel
as Narrator
Louis Gardel
as Self - Novelist
Marie Elbe
as Self - Journalist
Cédric Villani
as Self
Nicole Garcia
as Self - French from Algeria
Slimane Zeghidour
Bachir Hadj Ali
as Self - ALN Officer
Yamina Benguigui
as Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist
Germaine Tillion
as Self - Ethnologist (voice) (archive footage)
Maurice Viollette
as Self - French Politician (voice) (archive footage)
Danièle Michel-Chich
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Ferhat Abbas
as Self - President of the Algerian Republic (archive footage)
Ahmed Ben Bella
as Self - First President of Algeria (archive footage)
Abdelkader Hamoumou
as Self - President of a Harkis Association and Former Moghazni
Kateb Yacine
as Self - Poet
Pierre Mendès France
as Self (archive footage)
Kahina Bahloul
as Self - Islamologist and Imam
Sanhadja Akrouf
as Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist, writer
Henri Paul Eydoux
as Self - Member of Jacques Soustelle's Cabinet
Jean-Marc Deleplanque
as Self - Sub-Prefect at Balma, Algeria
Zohra Drif-Bitat
as Self - Moudjahidine
Guy Mollet
as Self - Council President (archive footage)
Yacef Saâdi
as Self - FLN Member
Henri Alleg
as Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Jacques Massu
as Self - General (archive footage)
Paul Teitgen
as Self (archive) -
Djaouher Akrour
as Self - FLN member
Maurice Mouchan
as Self - Mayor of El-Biar (archive footage)
Roger Saboureau
as Self - Parachute Lieutenant in Algeria
Saïd Mohammedi
as Self - ALN chief officer (archive footage)
Christian Pineau
as Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive)
Charles de Gaulle
Ali Haroun
Georges-Marc Benamou
Writer
Director
Benjamin Stora
