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Heart of the Casbah (1952)
Directed by Pierre Cardinal
Drama, Romance, Crime · 1h 36m
Maria-Pilar is the new wife of an Algerian gangster whom the police have just arrested. The son of a first marriage arrives in Algiers from which he has remained far away for a long time. His stepmother, charmed by the teenager, gradually experiences a devouring passion, against which Michel tries in vain to fight: he loves a young girl, Sylvie. Mad with jealousy, his stepmother singles him out for his father's vengeance by distorting the truth. Michel does not escape his father's fury, but when the woman's deception becomes known, Maria-Pilar is strangled to death.
Cast
Viviane Romance
Claude Laydu
Peter van Eyck
Philippe Richard
Himoud Brahimi
Sylvie Pelayo
Roger Gaillard
Crew
- Director
- Pierre Cardinal
- Writer
- Pierre Cardinal
- Director of Photography
- Henri Decaë
- Editor
- Marguerite Renoir
Details
- Original title
- Au cœur de la Casbah
- Release date
- 1952-01-24
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Crime
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France