Tajouj (1977)

Name: Tajouj
Genre: Romance, Drama, History
Released: 1977-03-01

1h 32m

Running Time

Plot.

Beginning of the 20th century in the east of Sudan. Tajouj is the beautiful cousin of a young tribesman who falls in love with her and proclaims his love out loud in a song. However, the traditions of his tribe forbid such love, and his uncle refuses his request to marry Tajouj. But after the young man leaves the village and declares his remorse, the marriage is finally allowed after all. In the meantime, however, another man has expressed interest in Tajouj. A story full of jealousy ensues, which ends in tragedy.

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Cast & Crew.

Salah ibn Al Badiya

Mohallak

Majda Hamadnalla

Tajouj

Gadalla Gubara

Writer / Director

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 1, 1977

Original Name
تاجوج

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

Genres
Romance Drama History

Last updated: 2025-05-02

This Movie Is About.

africa

remoteness

sudan

desert

Wiki.

Tajouje (Arabic: تاجوج, romanized: Tājūj; also Tajouj) is a 1977 Sudanese historical romance film directed by Gadalla Gubara, who considered it his best cinematographic work. It was the first feature film directed by a Sudanese filmmaker. It presents a dramatic story about the unhappy love of two suitors towards the heroine Tajouj. Set in rural Eastern Sudan, it featured the actor Salah ibn Albadya, who was also known for his songs of popular urban music in Sudan.

Among other awards, Tajouje won the Nefertiti Statute, Egypt's highest film award at the Cairo International Film Festival in 1982, and prizes at film festivals in Alexandria, Ouagadougou, Tehran, Addis Ababa, Berlin, Moscow, Cannes and Carthage. In 2015, the original copy was digitally restored by a German-Sudanese film project and shown both in Sudan and abroad.