In the 1950s, fear and escalating violence as the people of Algiers struggle for independence from the French government. A film commissioned by the government of Algeria to show the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French Foreign Legion left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. Torture used by the French stand against the use of Algeria bombs in soda shops. A look at the war as asaakonaangename and undermining everything participannel sullies.