Dawn of the Damned

Dawn of the Damned

1965
1h 25m
7.2

7.2/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary History Drama
Overview

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is a film about death. Its most shocking sequences derive from the captured French film archives in Algeria containing - unbelievably - masses of French-shot documentary footage of their tortures, massacres and executions of Algerians. The real death of children, passers-by, resistance fighters, one after the other, becomes unbearable. Rather than be blatant propaganda, the film convinces entirely by its visual evidence, constituting an object lesson for revolutionary cinema.

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Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Centre National du Cinéma Algérien (CNCA)
Production Countries
Algeria
Spoken Languages
Arabic French

Keywords

africa colonialism algeria struggle for independence anti-colonialism maghreb independance war

Quick Facts

Original Title L'Aube des Damnés
Release Date July 5, 1965
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0165631

Cast

Mouloud Mammeri
Mouloud Mammeri

Narrator (voice)

Mohamed Chouikh
Mohamed Chouikh

René Vautier
René Vautier

Ahmed Rachedi
Ahmed Rachedi

Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane
Mazouz Ould-Abderrahmane

Sid Ahmed Agoumi
Sid Ahmed Agoumi

Salah Teskouk
Salah Teskouk

Samia Meziane
Samia Meziane

Mahdia Magroufel
Mahdia Magroufel

Hamou Saadaoui
Hamou Saadaoui

Daniel Boukman
Daniel Boukman

Key Crew

Ahmed Rachedi
Director
Mouloud Mammeri
Writer
Ahmed Rachedi
Writer
René Vautier
Writer