Heart of the Casbah
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1952
French release24/01/1952
Runtime
1h 36m
Synopsis
Maria Pilar is the second wife of a gangster of Algiers who has just been arrested. Michel, her husband's son by a first marriage, arrives in Algiers, the town in which he was born but that he left long ago. Charmed by the teenager, his stepmother soon feels a burning passion for Michel. Michel tries to defend himself, but in vain. When he falls for young Sylvie, Maria Pilar gets beside herself with rage...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Paral Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château
- French distribution : Sirius
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Alain Michaud
- Screenwriter : Pierre Cardinal
- Dialogue Writer : Pierre Cardinal
- Director of Photography : Henri Decaë
- Music Composer : Mohamed Yguerbuchen
- Assistant directors : Bernard Maurice, Jean Leduc
- Editor : Marguerite Houllé-Renoir
- Sound Recordist : André Louis
- Camera Operator : André Villard
- Continuity supervisor : Jacqueline Parey
- Production Designers : Antoine Mayo, Roland Berthon
- Still Photographer : André Dino
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1952
- French release : 24/01/1952
- Runtime : 1 h 36 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 11488
- Visa issue date : 19/10/1951
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
