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Jamila, the Algerian (1958)

Directed by Youssef Chahine

Overview

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.

Length 123 minutes

Actors

Magda | Ahmed Mazhar | Salah Zulfikar | Rushdy Abaza | Zahret El Ola | Kariman | Farida Fahmy | Mahmoud el-Meliguy | Fakher Fakher | Salah Nazmi | Fattoh Nashaty | عدلي كاسب | Abdul Ghani Qamar | Said Khalil | Ahmed Loxer | Ahmed Abaza | Mohamed Hamdy | Muhammad Abaza | Tahani Rashed | Nadia El Gendy | Abbas Al-Daly | Abdel Azim Kamel | Shafik Nour El Din | Motawea Oweis | Hussein Riad | Soliman ElGendy