It Was the War of Algeria

Zohra Drif-Bitat

as Self - Moudjahidine

Henri Alleg

as Self - Journalist (archive footage)

Ali Haroun

as Self

Paul Teitgen

as Self (archive footage)

Saïd Mohammedi

as Self - ALN chief officer (archive footage)

Yamina Benguigui

as Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist

Nicole Garcia

as Self - French from Algeria

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

as Self (archive footage)

Pierre Mendès France

as Self (archive footage)

Guy Mollet

as Self - Council President (archive footage)

Benoît Magimel

as Narrator

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Abdelkader Hamoumou

as Self - President of a Harkis Association and Former Moghazni

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Djaouher Akrour

as Self - FLN member

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Kahina Bahloul

as Self - Islamologist and Imam

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Sanhadja Akrouf

as Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist, writer

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Danièle Michel-Chich

as Self - French from Algeria

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Marie Elbe

as Self - Journalist

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Cédric Villani

as Self

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Maurice Viollette

as Self - French Politician (voice) (archive footage)

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Henri Paul Eydoux

as Self - Member of Jacques Soustelle's Cabinet

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Jean-Marc Deleplanque

as Self - Sub-Prefect at Balma, Algeria

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Maurice Mouchan

as Self - Mayor of El-Biar (archive footage)

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Roger Saboureau

as Self - Parachute Lieutenant in Algeria

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Christian Pineau

as Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)

Jacques Massu

as Self - General (archive footage)