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.
Stars: Magda Al Sabahi, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza, Zahrat El-Ola, Kariman
Crew: Youssef Chahine (Director), Youssef El Sebai (Writer), Ali Reda (Co-Director), Mohamed Abdel Gawad (Assistant Director), Antoine Polizois (Scenic Artist), Abdel Aziz Fahmy (Director of Photography)
Country: Egypt
Language: العربية
Studio: Magda Film, Egypco - Takfor Antonian
Runtime: 123 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 09, 1958
IMDb: 4.5
Keywords:black and white, top 100 egyptian movies
