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March 27, 2024, Posted in Drama, Music | No comments

A Woman's Youth (1956)

— 126 min - Drama, Musical - 9 January 1956

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A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her...

May 2, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

شباب امرأة (1956)

— 126 min - Drama - 9 January 1956

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Imam was a poor young man who had come from his village to complete his higher education in Cairo. He rented a small room from a shafhat who was the owner of a grain mill. She was attracted to the imam and they had an affair, but he was really in love with Salwa, who was the daughter of an acquaintance of his father in Cairo. Shafhat threatened him and called the police, accusing him of stealing her jewellery. Description from the University of Texas Library

Director:  Salah Abu Seif

Writers:  Salah Abu Seif, ElSayed Bedir, Amin Youssef Ghorab

Stars:  Shadia, Tahiya Cariocca, Shukry Sarhan, Abdel Wa...

March 8, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Postman (1968)

— 100 min - Drama - 1 January 1968

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Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.

Director:  Hussein Kamal

Stars:  Shukry Sarhan, Zizi Mostafa, Salah Mansour, Soheir ElMorshedy, Hassan Mostafa, Saif Abdel Rahman, Abdel Ghani Qamar, Nahed Samir, Moshira Ismail, Ehsan Sherif, abdul aliem khatab

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Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.

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March 7, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Visitor at Dawn (1973)

— 125 min - Drama, Socio-political struggle, Crime, Thriller, Mystery - 1 January 1973

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Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment. The prosecutor moves to the scene of the incident and tries to reach the murderer.

Director:  Mamduh Shukry

Writers:  Mamduh Shukry, Rafiq Saban

Stars:  Ezzat ElAlaili, Magda ElKhatib, Shukry Sarhan, Taheya Cariocca, Yousuf Shaaban, Madiha Kamel, Saeed Saleh

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Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment...

March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Fools’ Alley (1955)

— 88 min - Drama - 2 January 1955

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The first film by director Tawfik Saleh, Fools’ Alley is considered one of the most important Egyptian films of the ‘50s – a success very much dependent on a story by Naguib Mahfouz. In an archetypal Egyptian neighborhood, Taha works hard to put aside enough money to marry his beloved Khadija, but when the necessary funds suddenly become available there is an unexpected turn of events. The life of the entire neighborhood is turned upside down and the true colors of its inhabitants are revealed.

Director:  Tawfiq Saleh

Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz

Stars:  Berlanty Abdel Hamid, Tawfiq ElDekn,...

March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Second Wife (1967)

— 105 min - Drama - 14 October 1967

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A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif

Stars:  Souad Hosny, Shukry Sarhan, Sanaa Gamil, Salah Mansour, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Soheir ElMorshedy

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A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.

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March 5, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Fools’ Alley (1955)

— 88 min - Drama - 2 January 1955

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The first film by director Tawfik Saleh, Fools’ Alley is considered one of the most important Egyptian films of the ‘50s – a success very much dependent on a story by Naguib Mahfouz. In an archetypal Egyptian neighborhood, Taha works hard to put aside enough money to marry his beloved Khadija, but when the necessary funds suddenly become available there is an unexpected turn of events. The life of the entire neighborhood is turned upside down and the true colors of its inhabitants are revealed.

Director:  Tawfiq Saleh

Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz

Stars:  Berlanty Abdel Hamid, Tawfiq ElDekn,...

March 3, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Emraa fil tarik (1958)

— 115 min - Drama - 22 December 1958

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A man lives with a former belly dancer who has agreed to marry him, even if she prefers his older brother.

Director:  Ezz Eldin Zulficar

Writers:  Abdul Hai Adeeb

Stars:  Rushdy Abaza, Huda Sultan, Shukry Sarhan, Zaki Rostom, Abdel Ghani Qamar, Amaal Farid, Mohammed Tawfik, Shafiq Nour ElDein, Mahmoud Farag, Hassan Hamed, Salwa Mahmoud, Mohamed Sobeih, Sayed ElAraby, Fauzia Ibrahim, Hussein Ismail

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A man lives with a former belly dancer who has agreed to marry him, even if she prefers his older brothe...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)

— 124 min - Drama, Music - 24 September 1976

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In this Andre Gide adaptation, an activist is released after many years in prison and returns home, shaking up established relationships among his family members at the farm governed by his strict father. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine

Stars:  Hesham Selim, Magda ElRoumi, Ahmed Mehrez, Shukry Sarhan, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Huda Sultan, Soheir ElMorshedy, Sid Ali Kouiret, Ragaa Hussein, Ali Al ...