Cairo Classics · 45th Edition
The Second Wife
الزوجةالثانية
Director
Salah Abu Seif
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1 h 52 min
Language
Arabic
Synopsis
Atman is a corrupt mayor who rules the villagers with power and injustice. He forces the poor man, Abu Alaa, to divorce his wife so that he can marry her and have a child.
Cast
Soad Hosny, Shoukry Sarhan, Sanaa Gamil, Salah Mansour, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Soheir El Morshedy, Hassan El Baroudy
Screenplay
Mohamed Mostafa Sami, Saad al-Din Wahbah, Salah Abu Seif
Producers
Ramses Naguib
About the Director
Salah Abu Seif (1996 – 1915) 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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