Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.
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Return to Algiers Cast
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Character |
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Lorànt Deutsch
He was 24, now 48 years old
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as Versanti |
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Mathilda May
She was 35, now 59 years old
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as Nelly Azera |
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Nozha Khouadra
She was 47, now 71 years old
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as Leila/Amina |
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Antoine de Caunes
He was 46, now 70 years old
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as Pierre Nivel |
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Marie Guillard
She was 27, now 51 years old
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as Alexandra |
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Elsa Zylberstein
She was 31, now 55 years old
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as La femme de Pierre Nivel |
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Samy Naceri
He was 38, now 62 years old
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as Issam |
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Matthias Van Khache
He was 22, now 46 years old
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as Étienne |
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Daniel Saint-Hamont
He was 55, now 79 years old
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as Le narrateur du film |
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Dora Doll
She was 77, now 101 years old
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as Paula Azera |
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Raphaël Lenglet
He was 24, now 48 years old
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as Issam, jeune |
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Wadeck Stanczak
He was 38, now 62 years old
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as Francis |
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Pierre Vaneck
He was 68, 78 years old when he died
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as Blanville |
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Saïd Amadis
He was 47, now 71 years old
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as Nader Mansour |
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Jean-Claude de Goros
He was 61, now 85 years old
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as Henri Nivel, le père de Pierre Nivel |
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Mostéfa Stiti
He was 56, now 80 years old
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as Fadel |
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Abderrahmane El Kébir
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as Le frère de Fadel |
Return to Algiers Crew
