Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control
MovieTitle | L'Algérie sous Vichy |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Jan 11, 2022 |
Genre | Documentary, History, War |
Director | Stéphane Benhamou |
Production country | France |
Production companies | ARTE, Siècle Productions |
Run time | 53 min. |
World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain. A strict colonial order is maintained: the French of European origin rule, while local Jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the mainly Muslim population increases.