Jamila, the Algerian

Synopsis

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...

Main Cast

Magda Al Sabahi

Jamila Bou Harid

Age : 88 | Popularity : 9%

Ahmed Mazhar

Youssef

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Salah Zulfikar

Azzam

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Rushdy Abaza

Begar

Age : N/A | Popularity : 80%

Zahrat El-Ola

Bouazza

Age : 79 | Popularity : 16%

Kariman

Hasiba

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Farida Fahmy

Simon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Mahmoud El Meligy

French lawyer Jacques Vergès

Age : N/A | Popularity : 25%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Youssef Chahine
	Assistant Director	Mohamed Abdel Gawad
	Co-Director	Ali Reda
Writing	Screenplay	Naguib Mahfouz
	Writer	Youssef El Sebai
Production	Producer	Magda Al Sabahi
Editing	Editor	Mohammad Abbas
Crew	Scenic Artist	Antoine Polizois
Camera	Director of Photography	Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Department	Role	Name

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