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Proxy Wife (1936)
Directed by Ahmed Galal
Drama · 1h 43m
On a ship traveling to Egypt, Burhan kills Amina Hanem to steal her jewelry that the jeweler Cohen had offered her. However, the girl Nahid, who looks like Amina, sees him and orders him to return what he stole to Cohen. She wears Amina's clothes to impersonate her, in exchange for not exposing his crime. In Egypt, Nahid meets Amina's husband, pretending to be his wife. Amina's husband discovers the truth and fights with Burhan. In the fight, Enayat, Amina's husband's lover, is injured. He kills Burhan to make it look like Burhan killed Enayat and then committed suicide. Amina's husband lives with Nahed pretending to be his wife.
Cast
Assia Dagher
Mary Queeny
Ahmed Galal
Youssef Saleh
Crew
- Director
- Ahmed Galal
- Writer
- Ahmed Galal
- Director of Photography
- Tullio Chiarini
- Editor
- Mary Queeny
Details
- Original title
- زوجة بالنيابة
- Release date
- 1936-02-09
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Production
- لوتس فيلم (آسيا وشركاها)