Synopsis
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...
Ratings
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Youssef ChahineDirector
- Youssef El SebaiWriter
- Naguib MahfouzScreenplay
- Abd El Rahman El SharqawyScreenplay
- Wagih NaguibScreenplay
Cast
- Magda Al Sabahiجميلة بو حريد
- Ahmad Mazharيوسف
- Salah Zulfikarعزام
- Rushdy Abazaبيجار
- Zahrat Al-Olaبوعزة
- Karimanحسيبة
- Farida Fahmyسيمون
- Mahmood Al-Melejiالمحامي الفرنسي جاك فيرجيس
- Fakher Fakherمصطفى بوحيرد عم جميلة
- Salah NazmiCast
- Fattoh NashatyCast
- Adly Kassebقائد للمقاومة الجزائرية