Tamilla (1927)

Plot Summary

Algeria, run by the French administration. Tamilla is a cheerful girl whose father, a respected member of the Méziane community of Kabylians, is looking for a favorable marriage. Mezian promises his daughter to the old merchant Lakhrash. This does not prevent him from selling Tamilla almost immediately for the second time, this time to a young handsome man named Akli, with whom the girl experiences short-term happiness. But later, Akli thinks about another wife. At the same time, Meziane is scheming to lure more money from Akli and pay off Lakhrash. Having already given birth to a child with Akli, Tamilla finally falls into Lakhrash's hands. Everything ends in tragedy, and Tamilla is imprisoned by an unjust sentence of French judges who are insensitive to Berber problems. Although Tamilla will be released, she is already "damaged goods". The film premiered in Turkey 92 years later with a special screening at the 56th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.

Full Cast & Characters

Anna Zarzhitskaya

Tamilla

Mykola Kuchynskyi

Mezian, Tamilla's father

Matvei Lyarov

Lahrash, merchant

Ivan Kapralov

Officer

Tatiana Tarnovskaya

Fatima

O. Nazarova

Lakri, Mezian's wife

Borys Shelestov

Marabu, dervish

Osyp Merlatti

Bandit

Mikhail Smolenskiy

Attorney

Silenchuk

Leila

Director & Crew

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