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Published 14 Dec 2025In the mid-1950s, what Paris insists on calling a “police operation” in Algeria, steadily sparks into a full-scale war that exposes the fragility of the French Republic itself. As the FLN launches coordinated attacks, the army responds with mass arrests, torture, and collective punishment, drawing the military deeper into politics. The Battle of Algiers becomes a laboratory of counterinsurgency, even as public opinion fractures at home and successive governments collapse under the strain. By the decade’s end, the conflict has eroded faith in France’s imperial mission and helped trigger the fall of the Fourth Republic, proving that Algeria was not just a colonial war, but a crisis of the French state.
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Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Co-produced by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Creative Director: Iryna Dulka
Community Management: Anna Deinhard & Tom Aldis
Written by: Sebastian Brandstetter, Spartacus Olsson
Research by: Sebastian Brandstetter, Spartacus Olsson
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Color grading by: Karolina Dołęga
Artwork by: Himanka Kalita
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman & Karolina DołęgaImage sources:
Colorized photo of the arrest of Arrestation de Larbi Ben M’Hidi courtesy of Riad Salih https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca…
Photo of “Gégène” courtesy of PRA https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9…Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
“Break Free” – Fabien Tell
“Dark Beginning” – Johan Hynynen
“Darkness Closing In” – Max Anson
“Force Matrix” – Jon Bjork
“Guilty Shadows 4” – Andreas Jamsheree
“Last Man Standing 3” – Johannes Bornlöf
“Last Minute Reaction” – Phoenix Tail
“Last Point of Safe Return” – Fabien Tell
“Leave It All Here” – Fabien Tell
“London” – Howard Harper-Barnes
“March of the Brave” – Rannar Sillard
“Plausible Cause” – Fabien Tell
“Please Hear Me Out” – Philip Ayers
“Potential Redemption” – Max Anson
“Refined Enlightenment” – Howard Harper-Barnes
“Rememberance” – Fabien Tell
“Secret Cargo” – Craft Case
“The End Of The World 2” – Håkan Eriksson
“The Inspector 4” – Johannes Bornlöf
“Weapon of Choice” – Fabien TellA TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.
December 16, 2025
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