L'opium et le bâton
IMDb ID: tt0328223 · Rating: 7.4 (127 votes)
Genres: Action · Drama · War
An Algerian doctor decides to leave the troubles in Algiers and goes back to his hometown, a small village lost in the mountains. There, however, the situation is explosive as well, as the guerrilla is active and the French milita...
IMDb Details
Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesWorld-wide: Fighting Opium (English, Alternative Title)
Italy: La battaglia di Thala (L'oppio e il bastone)
World-wide: Opium and Whips (English, Alternative Title)
Yugoslavia: Plamen alzira (Croatian, poster title)
World-wide: Thala (English, Alternative Title)
World-wide: The Opium and the Stick (English, Alternative Title)
Plamen alziraRuntime135 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews0Countries / RegionsAlgeriaLanguagesFrench
ArabicKeywordsfight for freedom
algerian flag
war crime
civilian bombing
enemies become friendsFilming LocationsKabylie, AlgeriaProduction CompaniesOffice National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328223/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0328223.jpgUpdated At2025-04-20T12:21:32
Stars
Mustapha Kateb
Rouiched
Mahieddine Bachtarzi
Sid Ali Kouiret
Jean-Claude Bercq
Abdelhalim Rais
Hassan El-Hassani
Larbi Zekkal
Abdelkader Safiri
Brahim Hadjadj
Writers
Mouloud Mammeri
Ahmed Rachedi
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Mustapha Kateb | Character: Lazrak
Actor: Rouiched | Character: Tayeb
Actor: Mahieddine Bachtarzi | Character: Actor
Actor: Sid Ali Kouiret | Character: Ali
Actor: Jean-Claude Bercq | Character: Delécluze
Actor: Abdelhalim Rais | Character: Actor
Actor: Hassan El-Hassani | Character: Brahim Ben Brahim
Actor: Larbi Zekkal | Character: Actor
Actor: Abdelkader Safiri | Character: Actor
Actor: Brahim Hadjadj | Character: Actor
Actor: Djelloul Bachdjarah | Character: Actor
Actor: Fettouma Ousliha-Bouamari | Character: Actress
Actor: Kaci Ouchen | Character: Actor
Actor: Mohamed Mahboub Stambouli | Character: Actor
Actor: Ahmed Kadri | Character: Actor
Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant | Character: Chaudier
Actor: Marie-José Nat | Character: Farroudja
Actor: Henri Cogan | Character: Actor
[Directors Group]
Name: Ahmed Rachedi | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Mouloud Mammeri | Role: Writer
Name: Ahmed Rachedi | Role: Writer
[Music Group]
Name: Philippe Arthuys | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Rachid Merabtine | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Georges Alépée | Role: Editor
Name: Denise Charvein | Role: Editor
Name: Youcef Tobni | Role: Editor
Name: Boris Viard | Role: Editor
[Production Design Group]
Name: Hocine Menguellat | Role: Production Designer
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Anne-Maria Bolscher | Role: Costume Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: Charly Koubesserian | Role: Makeup Department
[Production Management]
Name: Mustapha Bellil | Role: Production Manager
[Special Effects]
Name: Roger Bollengier | Role: Special Effects
[Stunts]
Name: Henri Cogan | Role: Stunts
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Ali Berkane | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328223/videogallery/
Release Schedule
Algeria: July 5, 1969 (Algiers, premiere)
Soviet Union: July 1971 (Moscow Film Festival)
Burkina Faso: 1972 (Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival)
Italy: 1973
France: September 14, 1977
Awards
Nominee | 1971 | Moscow International Film Festival | Golden Prize | Ahmed Rachedi, L'opium et le bâton
Box Office
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