Directing
Mohamed Lamine Merbah
Born — Died
1946-07-28 — 2026-07-24
Place of birth
Tighennif, Algérie
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Mohamed Lamine Merbah (often credited as Lamine Merbah) is an Algerian filmmaker born on July 28, 1946, in Tighennif (in the Mascara region) of Algeria. Married and a father of three, he is also the son of Moulay Merbah, a prominent figure in the Algerian national movement. Lamine Merbah completed his primary education in his hometown of Ksar Chellala (Tiaret Province) and his secondary education at the Bencheneb High School (Médéa Province). He subsequently joined the National Film Institute (INC) between 1964 and 1967 and worked as an intern at Polish Television in 1968. In 1969, he directed the film *Al Mountassar*, followed in 1971 by the feature film *La Mission*, which focused on a th…
Known for
10.0The story of a family divided ideologically and politically in Algeria in the 1990s, under the helpless gaze of the mother, played by the brilliant Doudja Achachi, the bearer of centuries-old traditions.
Radhia
1992
10.0In 1880, in colonized Algeria, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would see their lands dispossessed in favor of the French colonists. Two methods were used to achieve this, either by sheer force or by a ploy forcing the fellahs to pay fines too high to be paid. The uprooted must then leave for the cities, swelling the mass of proletarians in the slums ...
The Uprooted
1977
10.0An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself, also enlisted in the Algerian resistance to flee the atrocities of harsh colonial persecution.
La Mission
1971
Directed by Mohamed Lamine Merbah.
The Plunderers
1972
Behind the camera
10.0The story of a family divided ideologically and politically in Algeria in the 1990s, under the helpless gaze of the mother, played by the brilliant Doudja Achachi, the bearer of centuries-old traditions.
Radhia
1992
10.0The story of a family divided ideologically and politically in Algeria in the 1990s, under the helpless gaze of the mother, played by the brilliant Doudja Achachi, the bearer of centuries-old traditions.
Radhia
1992
10.0In 1880, in colonized Algeria, it was decided that the Algerian peasants of the Ouarsenis mountains would see their lands dispossessed in favor of the French colonists. Two methods were used to achieve this, either by sheer force or by a ploy forcing the fellahs to pay fines too high to be paid. The uprooted must then leave for the cities, swelling the mass of proletarians in the slums ...
The Uprooted
1977
10.0An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself, also enlisted in the Algerian resistance to flee the atrocities of harsh colonial persecution.
La Mission
1971
10.0An Algerian peasant (fellah), crushed by the soldiers of the French colonial army, decides to resist. His young wife finds herself, despite herself, also enlisted in the Algerian resistance to flee the atrocities of harsh colonial persecution.
La Mission
1971
Directed by Mohamed Lamine Merbah.
The Plunderers
1972