Release Date
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Original Release
January 24, 1952
1h 36m
Heart of the Casbah (1952)
⭐ 7.396 min
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.
Director
👨🎨
Pierre Cardinal
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.7
Cast
Viviane Romance
Maria Pilar
⭐0.8
Claude Laydu
Michel
⭐0.9
Peter van Eyck
Jo
⭐1.1
Philippe Richard
'Gros Polo'
⭐0.8
Himoud Brahimi
Unknown
⭐0.8
Sylvie Pelayo
Sylvie
⭐0.6
Roger Gaillard
Michel's father
⭐0.4
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Simone Moussia
Yasmine
⭐0.3
Genres
DramaRomanceCrime
