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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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The Coward and Love

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The Coward and Love (1975)

115 min - Drama, Social Corruption - 16 June 1975
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Magdy, the struggling student at the Faculty of Medicine, meets Souad, the wife of his professor Dr. Fikry, and she admires him and asks her husband to let him work in his clinic. They get involved in a relationship, but events take a tragic turn. * Hind Rostom won the Best Actress Award for her role in this film. ** The Coward and Love 1975 is the second experience in directing for the artist Hassan Youssef, and his first experience in directing was with the film A Boy, a Girl and the Devil 1971. ** The Coward and Love 1975 film achieved revenues of 44,728 pounds in 17 weeks of showing at Miami Cinema in Cairo.

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Fares Bani Hemdan

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Fares Bani Hemdan (1966)

115 min - Romance, Drama, History - 9 March 1966
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Abu Firas al-Hamdani is a famous Arab poet from the princes of the Hamdani state, as he is known for his equestrian and courage, he lives between the court of Prince Seif al-Dawla, and people love him everywhere. Who competes with Firas for the love of Naglaa.

Director:  Niazi Mostafa
Writers:  Muhammad Abu Youssef and Abdel-Hay Adib
Stars:  Farid Shawqi (Abu Firas Al-Hamdani), Souad Hosni (Najla), Imad Hamdi (Saif Al-Dawla Al-Hamdani), Mahmoud Morsi (Qalawiya), Laila Fawzi (Roman Empress), Nadia Al-Jundi (Sofia), Aziza Helmy (Abu Firas' mother), King El-Gamal Salma (Najla's maid), Shos...
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The Bathhouse of Malatily

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The Bathhouse of Malatily (1973)

106 min - Drama, Social Conflict - 2 July 1973
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The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man...

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A Woman With a Bad Reputation

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A Woman With a Bad Reputation (1973)

103 min - Romance, Drama - 21 December 1973
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A young man asks his wife to dance with his boss at a party. The woman gets into an affair with the boss and commits infidelity. Her marriage dissolves and her life worsens. Her son has an illness, so the wife is forced to accept gifts from the boss.

Director:  Henry Barakat
Writers:  Mamdouh El Leithy

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Two on the Road

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Two on the Road (1984)

100 min - Drama, Romance, Comedy - 30 June 1984
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Mamdouh meets with Hanan on a ship heading to Greece, and a romance starts between them, so Mamdouh proposes to Hanan. To his surprise, Hanan returns suddenly to Egypt and asks him not to try to find her again. Mamdouh returns to Egypt to find that she is married to Ezzat Beik, a very powerful man, and a war ensues between Mamdouh and Ezzat.

Director:  Hassan Youssef
Writers:  Farouk Sabry

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