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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 (named as Djafar) in the battle. He began his professional life as a baker's apprentice. In 1945 he joined the Algerian People's Party (PPA) which was succeeded by the Movement for the Triumph of Demo…
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- The Battle of Algiers (1966) as El-Hadi Jaffar
- It Was the War of Algeria (2022) as Self - FLN Member
- Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms (2007) as Self
- Terror's Advocate (2007) as Self
- Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers (2004) as Self
- La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Les Mains Libres (1965) Producer
- L'Histoire Du Film "La Bataille D'Alger" (2018) as Self
- Remembering History (2004) as Self
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Most-watched Yacef Saâdi films currently: The Battle of Algiers (1966), Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms (2007), Terror's Advocate (2007), Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers (2004), La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte (2018).
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