Dawn of the Damned

Dawn of the Damned

L'Aube des Damnés

7.2 /10 6 votes
July 5, 1965 1h 25m Released

Storyline

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.

Key Information

Director Ahmed Rachedi
Writers Mouloud Mammeri, Ahmed Rachedi
Studio Centre National du Cinéma Algérien (CNCA)
Rating 7.2/10
Language FR

Cast & Crew

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

Mahdia Magroufel

Hamou Saadaoui

Daniel Boukman

Frequently Asked Questions

Dawn of the Damned was released on July 5, 1965.

The runtime of Dawn of the Damned is 1h 25m.

Dawn of the Damned is a Documentary, History, Drama movie.

Dawn of the Damned has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 on TMDB.

Dawn of the Damned is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

Dawn of the Damned was directed by Ahmed Rachedi.

The main cast of Dawn of the Damned includes Mouloud Mammeri, Mohamed Chouikh, René Vautier.

Dawn of the Damned is originally in French.