The Unexpected Party (1953)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1953 (FR)
  • Comedy, Music
  • 23m

Overview

This musical comedy produced in 1953 for the General Government of Algeria, features the comic trio composed of Rouiched, Mohamed Touri and Sid Ali Fernandel, accompanied by the orchestra of the master of the Algiers Chaâbi El Hadj M'hamed El Anka, the singer Fadhéla Dziria, Mustapha Skandrani on the piano. Some scenes were filmed at the Summer Palace (the current Palace of the Algerian Presidency, called the People's Palace). André Zwobada, the director, will play an important role after the independence of Algeria in 1962, in the production and preservation of the first Algerian newsreels.

André Zwobada

Director

Cast

Rouiched's headshot

Rouiched

Sid Ali Fernandel's headshot

Sid Ali Fernandel

Mohamed Touri's headshot

Mohamed Touri

El Hadj M'hamed El Anka's headshot

El Hadj M'hamed El Anka

Fadhéla Dziria's headshot

Fadhéla Dziria

Mustapha Skandrani's headshot

Mustapha Skandrani

Hadj M'rizek's headshot

Hadj M'rizek

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