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This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.Read moreLess
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.
The story
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.
Cast & crew
ShadiaHameeda
Salah QabilAbbas Al-Helou
Hasan YoussefHussein
Yousuf ShaabanFarag
Samia GamalShukriya
Tawfiq Al-DeqenZaita
Aqeila RatebAdeela Al-Balanna
Abdel Moneim IbrahimSanqar
Abdel Warith AssirHajj Kamel
Mohamed RedaKersha
Hussein ReyaadMr. Darwish
Thuraya HelmyHosniaExplore the crew
- Director
- Hassan Al-Imam
- Writer
- Saad al-Din Wahbah