This is a 27" x 38" undated rerelease poster for the 1958 Youssuf
Chahine film Jamila the Algerian written by Ali Esserkami,
Youssef Essiabi, Naguib Mahfouz, Uadjih Nagib and Abder Rahman el
Charkani and starring Magda as Jamila. Plot Summary: The youth of
Algeria could find no means of liberation other than battle. Jamila
Buohired decided she had to be a part of the liberation front, so she
joined Yousef Saadi's [Ahmed Mazhar] secret team. The team was
smuggling weapons from the Arab nations and killing French officers.
The team had to change its hiding place and Jamila volunteered to
help. Soldiers arrested her, but the rest of her team escaped. She
was savagely tortured and told to reveal Yousef's location, but she
endured the utmost torture without betraying her country. In a rigged
trial she was sentenced to death but there was an international
movement to save her. According to film critic Sa'ad al-Din Tawfiq
this is one of the top 100 Egyptian films.
