Jamila, the Algerian
1958, Arabic. Directed by Youssef Chahine.
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...
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 9 December 1958
- Original title
- جميلة (Djamilah)
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Youssef El Sebai, Naguib Mahfouz, Wagih Naguib
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Jamila, the Algerian runs 123 minutes (2h 3m).
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Who directed Jamila, the Algerian?
Jamila, the Algerian (1958) was directed by Youssef Chahine and stars Magda Al Sabahi, Ahmad Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar.