Yacef Saâdi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-01-20 (93 years old)

Deathday

2021-09-10

Place of Birth

Algiers, Algeria

Yacef Saâdi

Biography

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 Democratic Liberties (MTLD) where he was active in the...

Production

1966

1965

Les Mains Libres

as Producer

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