Jamila, the Algerian

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...

Director: Youssef Chahine

Cast

Magda Al Sabahi

جميلة بو حريد

Ahmed Mazhar

يوسف

Salah Zulfikar

عزام

Rushdy Abaza

بيجار

Zahrat Al-Ola

بوعزة

Kariman

حسيبة

Farida Fahmy

سيمون

Mahmoud El Meligy

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