
Crazy About Music
1967-03-15 · 111 min · ★ 10.0
Fous de Musique by Jean-Charles Carlus (1957) is a musical comedy featuring Rouiched, Mahieddine Bentir and the famous Bendaoud orchestra. Shot during the Algerian War, the film was not released until after independence and was probably shown in Paris in cinemas intended for immigrant workers around 1967. Sources: Archives Numériques du Cinéma Algérien
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- Directors
- Jean-Charles Carlus
- Production companies
- The Rank Organisation Film Productions
- Countries
- France, Algeria, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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