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La Mission
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La Mission

Jan 2, 1971
0h 53m
★ 10.0

Overview

An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself, also enlisted in the Algerian resistance to flee the atrocities of harsh colonial persecution.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA)

Cast

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Keltoum (Aïcha Adjouri)

Sid Ahmed Agoumi

Sid Ahmed Agoumi

Brahim Filali

Brahim Filali

Abdelkader Lazizi

Abdelkader Lazizi

Jamila Arres

Jamila Arres

Mohamed Ouaniche

Mohamed Ouaniche

Rabah Hamla

Rabah Hamla

Fatima Touati

Fatima Touati

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