Heart of the Casbah

Heart of the Casbah

96 mins | Drama | Jan. 24, 1952

Maria Pilar is the second wife of a gangster of Algiers who has just been arrested. Michel, her husband's son by a first marriage, arrives in Algiers, the town in which he was born but that he left long ago. Charmed by the teenager, his stepmother soon feels a burning passion for Michel. Michel tries to defend himself, but in vain. When he falls for young Sylvie, Maria Pilar gets beside herself with rage.

Heart of the Casbah

96 mins | Drama | Jan. 24, 1952

Heart of the Casbah
Maria Pilar is the second wife of a gangster of Algiers who has just been arrested. Michel, her husband's son by a first marriage, arrives in Algiers, the town in which he was born but that he left long ago. Charmed by the teenager, his stepmother soon feels a burning passion for Michel. Michel tries to defend himself, but in vain. When he falls for young Sylvie, Maria Pilar gets beside herself with rage.
Producers
Original title Au coeur de la Casbah
Directors Pierre Cardinal
Writers