Heart of the Casbah

Jan 24, 1952

1h 36m

★ 7.3

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Crime

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Cast

Maria Pilar

Viviane Romance

Michel

Claude Laydu

Peter van Eyck

'Gros Polo'

Philippe Richard

Himoud Brahimi

Sylvie

Sylvie Pelayo

Michel's father

Roger Gaillard

Yasmine

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