Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control
movie
View on VideBits →World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain. A strict colonial order is maintained: the French of European origin rule, while local Jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the mainly Muslim population increases.
Cast & crew
Charles de Gaulle · Clémence Harimi-Zaradez · Benjamin Stora · Alain Chouraqui · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Jean Laloum · Stéphane Benhamou · Winston Churchill · François Darlan · Jacques Attali · Henri Giraud