Overview
1516, Legend has it that the king of Algiers had a wife named Zaphira. When the pirate Aroudj Barbarossa arrives to liberate the city from the Spaniards, he is determined to conquer Zaphira as well as the kingdom itself. But is Zaphira willing to let him, or is she plotting for herself?
Director and cast
- Adila Bendimerad as Queen Zaphira
- Dali Benssalah as Aruj Barbarossa
- Dimitri Boetto as Ishak
- Mohamed Tahar Zaoui as King Salim Toumi
- Imen Noel as Queen Chegga
- Nadia Tereszkiewicz as The Scandinavian
- Yanis Aouine as Prince Yahia
- Ahmed Zitouni as The Bosnian
- Tarik Bouarrara as Younès
- Tenou Khilouli as Zokha
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