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Heart of the Casbah (1952)

1h 36m

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Heart of the Casbah (1952)

Name: Heart of the Casbah
Genre: Romance, Drama, Crime
Released: 1952-01-24

1h 36m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Viviane Romance

Maria Pilar

Claude Laydu

Michel

Peter van Eyck

Jo

Philippe Richard

'Gros Polo'

Himoud Brahimi

Sylvie Pelayo

Sylvie

Roger Gaillard

Michel's father

Simone Moussia

Yasmine

Pierre Cardinal

Writer / Director

Marguerite Renoir

Editor

Roland Berthon

Production Design

André Louis

Sound

Hagop Arakelian

Makeup & Hair

Georges Iguerbouchen

Composer

Henri Decaë

Director of Photography

Mayo

ProductionDesigner

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 24, 1952

Original Name
Au cœur de la Casbah

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 36m

Genres
Romance Drama Crime

Last updated: 2025-03-29

This Movie Is About.

algeria

love story

casbah alger

Wiki.

Heart of the Casbah (French: Au coeur de la Casbah) is a 1952 French drama film directed by Pierre Cardinal and starring Viviane Romance, Claude Laydu and Peter van Eyck. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in French Algeria, particularly around the Casbah of Algiers. The art directors Roland Berthon and Antoine Malliarakis designed the film's sets.