The Leech

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. *The Leech (Arabic: Shabab emraa, also known as A Woman's Youth) is a 1956 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Salah Abu Seif

Writers: Salah AbouseifAhmad El-SabawiAmin Yousseff Ghurab

Stars: Shadya (Salwa), Taheyya Kariokka, Shokry Sarhan, Abdel Wareth Asar, Serag Mounir, Fardos Mohamed, Mary Ezz El Din, Solaiman El Gendy (Fathy), Ali Kamal, Abbas El Daly, Abdelmonem Basiony

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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. *The Leech (Arabic: Shabab emraa, also known as A Woman's Youth) is a 1956 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Genres: Drama, Musical