They Joined the Front (2012): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2012, They Joined the Front is a documentary and history film directed by Jean Asselmeyer, running about 61 minutes.

What it’s about. In this film, four key witnesses, who live in Algeria today, as full-fledged Agerians, show us what this colonization was really like, so "beneficial" that they themselves perceived it as the oppression of one people by another. Three of them, who today would be called "pieds noirs," in other words, those Europeans to whom France, the occupying power, gave the best land, taken from the indigenous populations, work, and exclusive rights, not shared by the entire population, lived rather well compared to the majority of the "natives." The fourth was far from all that and lived in Argentina. Annie Steiner, Felix Colozzi, Pierre Chaulet, and Roberto Muniz explain to us what led them to show solidarity with the struggle of the weak, the humiliated, and to risk their freedom and their lives by committing to liberate Algeria.

Who’s in it. They Joined the Front stars Félix Colozzi as Self, Annie Steiner as Self, Pierre Chaulet as Self and Roberto Muñiz as Self.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, They Joined the Front sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch They Joined the Front page.

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