Jamila, the Algerian

Movie
Audience Score
65
Jamila, the Algerian
NR 2 hr 3 minHistory, War, Drama
Jamila, an Algerian girl who loves her homeland, joins the nationalist movement to liberate her country from French occupation. Based on the life of Djamila Bouhired, who was arrested and tortured by the French Algerian government, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt.
StarringMagda Al SabahiAhmed MazharSalah Zulfikar
DirectorYoussef Chahine
WriterYoussef El Sebai

Movie Details

Original Language:Arabic
Production Companies:Magda Film, Egypco - Takfor Antonian
Jamila, the Algerian on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
black and white