Jamila, the Algerian
7.3
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...
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Magda Al Sabahi
جميلة بو حريد
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Ahmad Mazhar
يوسف
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Naguib Mahfouz
Youssef Chahine
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Ali Esserkami
Salah Zulfikar
عزام
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Raafat Al Haggan
Youssef Essiabi
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Rushdy Abaza
بيجار
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Youssef Chahine Director · Naguib Mahfouz Screenplay Wagih Naguib Screenplay
First release December 9, 1958 · Produced in Egypt · Languages Arabic, French
Production
أفلام ماجدة
Production
إيجيبكو لتوزيع الأفلام - تاكفور أنطونيان
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Magda
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Magda Films
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Egypt
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Original title
جميلة (Djamilah)
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Egypt · December 9, 1958
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Russia
October 19, 1962 · Theatrical
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