Best movies of Gillo Pontecorvo

La battaglia di Algeri(1966)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 48

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.



Queimada(1969)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 36

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to...



Kapò(1960)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.



Ogro(1979)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden; labor movements are repressed; and Basque nationalists are mercilessly hunted down. ...