Yacef Saâdi
Born in Algiers, Algeria — Jan 20 1928• Died Sep 10 2021
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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 joined the Algerian People's Party (PPA) which was succeeded…
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Yacef Saâdi's Credits
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The Battle of Algiers
El-Hadi Jaffar
It Was the War of Algeria
Self - FLN Member
Les Mains Libres
Production
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
Self
Terror's Advocate
Self
Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers
Self
L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger"
Self
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
Self (archive footage)
Remembering History
Self