Jamila, the Algerian

Jamila, the Algerian

Released on
Drama, History, War
Runtime
123 mins
(7 votes)

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...

Cast

  • Magda Al Sabahi
  • Ahmed Mazhar
  • Salah Zulfikar
  • Rushdy Abaza
  • Zahrat El-Ola
  • Kariman
  • Farida Fahmy
  • Mahmoud El Meligy
  • Fakher Fakher
  • Salah Nazmi
  • Fattoh Nashaty
  • Adly Kasseb
  • Abdel Ghani Qamar
  • Said Khalil
  • Ahmed Loxer
  • Ahmed Abaza
  • Mohamed Hamdy
  • Mohamed Abaza
  • Tahani Rashed
  • Nadia Al Gendy
  • Abbas El Daly
  • Abdel Azim Kamel
  • Shafiq Nour ElDein
  • Motawie Eweiss
  • Hussein Reyaad
  • Soliman ElGendy
  • Sherine
  • Abdel Aziz Ghonaim
  • Aziz Nasser
  • Weza
  • Tousoun Motamad
  • Gamil Ezz ElDein

Director

  • Youssef Chahine

Producers

  • Magda Al Sabahi

Screenwriter

  • Naguib Mahfouz
  • Wagih Naguib
  • Abd El Rahman El Sharqawy

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