Children of the Casbah

(1959)

Genres: History, Action, Drama

Year: 1959

Runtime: 124 мин

Country: Algeria

Director: Hadj Rahim

Cast: Nouria Kazdarli, Sid Ali Kouiret, Sid Ahmed Agoumi, Abdelhalim Rais, Arslan Lerari

Plot

In a house in the heart of the Casbah of Algiers, a family is torn apart by the weight of war. Three divided brothers, caught up in the contradictions of a country in struggle, gradually unite around a single cause: the liberation of Algeria. Ibna El Casbah is a tense, emotionally-charged behind-closed-doors story that captures the moment when intimacy becomes history.