Jamila, the Algerian
1958 · Released · 123 min
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.
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Magda Al Sabahi
جميلة بو حريد
Ahmad Mazhar
يوسف
Salah Zulfikar
عزام
Rushdy Abaza
بيجار
Zahrat Al-Ola
بوعزة
Kariman
حسيبة
Farida Fahmy
سيمون
Mahmood Al-Meleji
المحامي الفرنسي جاك فيرجيس
Fakher Fakher
مصطفى بوحيرد عم جميلة
Salah Nazmi
Fattoh Nashaty
Adly Kasseb
قائد للمقاومة الجزائرية
Abdel Ghani Qamar
Said Khalil
Ahmad Loxer
Ahmed Abaza
Mohamed Hamdy
Mohamed Abaza
Tahani Rashed
المجاهدة أمينة
Nadia Al Gendy
المجاهدة علياء
Abbas El Daly
جدو
Abdel Azim Kamel
Shafiq Nour ElDein
بو حريد
Motawie Eweiss
Hussein Reyaad
القاضي حبيب
Soliman ElGendy
شقيق جميله
Sherine
أمينه
Abdel Aziz Ghonaim
موظف البريد زميل ابو عزة
Aziz Nasser
Weza
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