Restored Egyptian Classics · 46th Edition
Cairo 30
Director
Salah Abu Seif
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2 h 10 min
Language
Arabic
Synopsis
Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.
Cast
Soad Hosny, Ahmed Mazhar, Youssef Wahby, Hamdy Ahmed, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Tawfiq Al-Deqen, Shafiq Nour ElDein
Screenplay
Lotfy El Kholym Salah Abu Seif, Ali El Zorkani, Wafeya Khairy
Producers
Gamal El-Leithi
About the Director
Salah Abu Seif (1915 – 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. Many of the 41 films he directed, many of which were based on novels by Naguib Mahfouz, are considered Egyptian classics. He is known as the Godfather of Egyptian neorealism.
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