Series Cast

1. 

   Benoît Magimel

   Narrator

2. 

   Louis Gardel

   Self - Novelist

3. 

   Marie Elbe

   Self - Journalist

4. 

   Cédric Villani

   Self

5. 

   Nicole Garcia

   Self - French from Algeria

6. 

   Slimane Zeghidour

   Self - Journalist

7. 

   Bachir Hadj Ali

   Self - ALN Officer

8. 

   Yamina Benguigui

   Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist

9. 

   Germaine Tillion

   Self - Ethnologist (voice) (archive footage)

10. 

    Maurice Viollette

    Self - French Politician (voice) (archive footage)

11. 

    Danièle Michel-Chich

    Self - French from Algeria

12. 

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Self (voice) (archive footage)

13. 

    Ferhat Abbas

    Self - President of the Algerian Republic (archive footage)

14. 

    Ahmed Ben Bella

    Self - First President of Algeria (archive footage)

15. 

    Abdelkader Hamoumou

    Self - President of a Harkis Association and Former Moghazni

16. 

    Kateb Yacine

    Self - Poet

17. 

    Pierre Mendès France

    Self (archive footage)

18. 

    Kahina Bahloul

    Self - Islamologist and Imam

19. 

    Sanhadja Akrouf

    Self - Daughter of an Algerian Nationalist, writer

20. 

    Henri Paul Eydoux

    Self - Member of Jacques Soustelle's Cabinet

21. 

    Jean-Marc Deleplanque

    Self - Sub-Prefect at Balma, Algeria

22. 

    Zohra Drif-Bitat

    Self - Moudjahidine

23. 

    Guy Mollet

    Self - Council President (archive footage)

24. 

    Yacef Saâdi

    Self - FLN Member

25. 

    Henri Alleg

    Self - Journalist (archive footage)

26. 

    Jacques Massu

    Self - General (archive footage)

27. 

    Paul Teitgen

    Self (archive footage)

28. 

    Djaouher Akrour

    Self - FLN member

29. 

    Maurice Mouchan

    Self - Mayor of El-Biar (archive footage)

30. 

    Roger Saboureau

    Self - Parachute Lieutenant in Algeria

31. 

    Saïd Mohammedi

    Self - ALN chief officer (archive footage)

32. 

    Christian Pineau

    Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs (archive footage)

33. 

    John F. Kennedy

    Self (archive footage)

34. 

    Charles de Gaulle

    Self (archive footage)

35. 

    Ali Haroun

    Self