Jamila, the Algerian

Jamila, the Algerian

123 mins | Drama, War, History | Dec. 9, 1958

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.

Jamila, the Algerian

123 mins | Drama, War, History | Dec. 9, 1958

Jamila, the Algerian

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.

IMDb rating	7.2
Producers	Magda Films
Original title	جميلة الجزائرية
Directors	Youssef Chahine
Writers	Wagih Nagib, Ali El-Zarqani, Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi, Youssef El Sebai, Naguib Mahfouz

Cast

Magda AlSabahi

as

Ahmad Mazhar

as

Salah Zulfiqar

as

Rushdy Abaza

as

Zahret ElOla

as

Kariman

as

Farida Fahmy

as

Mahmoud el-Meliguy

as

Fakher Fakher

as

Salah Nazmi

as

Fattoh Nashaty

as

Adly Kaseb

as

Abdel Ghani Qamar

as

Saeed Khalil

as

Ahmed Loxer

as

Ahmed Abaza

as

Mohamed Hamdy

as

Muhammad Abaza

as

Tahani Rashed

as

Nadia ElGendy

as

Abbas ElDaly

as

Abdel Azim Kamel

as

Shafiq Nour ElDein

as

Motawie Eweiss

as

Husain Reyadh

as