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Algiers, Algeria
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…
Known for
- War 2 War — Self (archive footage)2025
- It Was the War of Algeria — Self - FLN Member2022
- La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte — Self (archive footage)2018
- L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger" — Self2018
- Terror's Advocate — Self2007
- Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms — Self2007
- Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers — Self2004
- Remembering History — Self2004
- The Battle of Algiers — El-Hadi Jaffar1966
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Casbah of Algiers
- Place of death
- Algiers
- Occupation
- revolutionary
- Position held
- member of parliament
- Political party
- National Liberation Front
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Conflict
- Algerian War
- Image
- Yacef Saadi 396.jpg
- Work location
- Algeria
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- date of birth
- 1928-01-20
- Commons category
- Yacef Saadi
- member of
- National Liberation Front
- date of death
- 2021-09-10
- P10632
- Saadi Yacef
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