Heart of the Casbah (1952)

ALL 01/24/1952 (fr) Drama, Romance, Crime 96 Min
  • Release
    01/24/1952
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Au cœur de la Casbah
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Pierre Cardinal

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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Heart of the Casbah (1952) 96 Min

ALL 01/24/1952 (fr)
Drama, Romance, Crime
  • Release 01/24/1952
  • Production
  • Original title Au cœur de la Casbah
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Pierre Cardinal

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Marguerite Renoir

    Editor

  4. Producer