Zohra (1922)
Directed by Albert
Samama Chikly this film stars it's writer Haydee Chikly. A young
French woman is washed a shore from a ship wreck and taken in by a
tribe of Beduin.
Unfortunately this
film only survives as a fragment so we do not get to experience the
full plot but it is an interesting snapshot of life in North Africa
in the period. As the first film made indigenously in North Africa
the film has historical importance. For a first effort the film is
fairly well made and not far off the standard of the period.
3/5
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