The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Overview
60 years ago, in the Algerian desert, an atomic bomb, equivalent to three or even four times Hiroshima, exploded. Named the “Blue Gerboise”, it was the first atomic bomb tested by France, and of hitherto unrivaled power. This 70 kiloton plutonium bomb was launched in the early morning, in the Reggane region, in southern Algeria, during the French colonial era. If this test allowed France to become the 4th nuclear power in the world, it had catastrophic repercussions. France had, at the time, certified that the radiation was well below the standard safety threshold. However, in 2013, declassified files revealed that the level of radioactivity had been much higher than announced, and had been recorded from West Africa to the south of Spain.
Release date
01/01/1996
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Original Soundtrack
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One, Two, Three – Viva l’Algérie !
A Compassionate Spy
Nuclear Now
License to Kill
Enough!
Indochine
Qui êtes vous Mr. Iguerbouchène ?
Ramparts of Clay
Kaddour à Paris
The Pan-african Festival in Algiers
Silent Bombs: All for the Motherland
El Ouafi Boughera, The marathon runner of history
Die Bombe
The Desert Rocker
Dark Night, October 17, 1961
The Stranger
King of the Lost World
To Be Twenty in the Aures
Zinet, Algiers, Happiness