Jamila, the Algerian
Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...
Year: 1958
Studio: Magda Film, Egypco - Takfor Antonian
Director: Youssef Chahine
Cast: Magda Al Sabahi, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza, Zahrat El-Ola, Kariman
Crew: Youssef Chahine (Director), Youssef El Sebai (Writer), Ali Reda (Co-Director), Mohamed Abdel Gawad (Assistant Director), Antoine Polisois (Scenic Artist), Abdel Aziz Fahmy (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 123 minutes
Release: Dec 09, 1958
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 7 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Egypt
Language: العربية, Français
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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