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Barberousse
Barberousse is a 1917 silent French film directed by Abel Gance. 
Cast.
- Léon Mathot - Trively
- Émile Keppens - Gesmus
- Maud Richard - Odette Trively
- Germaine Pelisse - Pauline
- Yvonne Briey
- Henri Maillard
- Doriani
- Paul Vermoyal
Serkadji Prison
Serkadji Prison, formerly Barberousse Prison, is a high-security prison in Algiers, Algeria; in 1995, about two-thirds of the 1,500 prisoners detained there have been accused or convicted of terrorism.
History.
The Barberousse Prison was constructed during the period of French rule, being built on the site of a former Turkish fortification located above the Casbah of Algiers. During the Algerian War of 1954-62 several hundred FLN activists and fighters were imprisoned there and 58 were executed by guillotine in the