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The Penalty

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The Penalty (1965)

83 min - Drama, Action, History, Resistance to Colonialism - 21 July 1965
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A historical drama that shows the struggle of the Egyptian people against the British occupation and the numerous sacrifices people made in order to achieve freedom, equality and human dignity in a fight for the country they love dearly.

Director:  Abdel Rahman El Khamesy
Writers:  Abdulrahman Khamis
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Three Stories

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Three Stories (1968)

118 min - Drama, Socio-Political Struggle - 12 February 1968
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The film combines 3 separate stories .. The first story (Dunia Allah) to Naguib Mahfouz and starring Salah Mansour and Nahed Sharif .. Tell the story of a courier in a government service approached the age of the pension did not enjoy his life at all decides to embezzlement of employees salaries and travel to Alexandria with one of the girls on the street to enjoy several weeks He was convinced that he did not harm anyone because all the employees did not need a salary except for one employee who was burdened with social burdens.

Director:  Ibrahim Al-Sahn (first story), Hassan Reda (second story) and Muhammad Nabih (...
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Mouths and Rabbits

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Mouths and Rabbits (1977)

120 min - Drama, Family, Social Conflict, Social Criticism - 17 October 1977
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A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between poor society and rich society. This film introduces a family with 10 kids and lots of problems they get into through a funny story between an Aunt for the kids and her struggle for getting married to the man she loved because of her bother in law who got her married with someone behind her back, using false information.

Director:  Henry Barakat
Writers:  Samir Abdelazim
Stars:  Faten Hamama, Mahmoud Yassin, Farid...
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