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Shafiqa and Metwally (1978)
Directed by Ali Badrakhan
Drama, History, Music · 2h 10m
The authorities summon many young men for forced labor in the Suez Canal, so Metwally leaves his sister Shafiqa alone with their old grandfather, whereupon Shafiqa is forced to succumb to the temptations of Diab, the district chief's son. As their sinful relationship is revealed, she is forced to leave for Asyut, where she becomes the mistress of Al Tarabishi, the supplier of slaves.
Cast
Soad Hosny
Ahmad Mazhar
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Ahmed Zaki
Gamil Ratib
Malak el-Gamal
Younes Shalaby
Mahmoud El Gendy
Abdel Warith Assir
Shafiq Galal
Naima ElSoghier
Hassan Hussein
Crew
- Director
- Ali Badrakhan
- Screenplay
- Salah Jahin
- Writer
- Shawky Abdel Hakim
- Director of Photography
- Abdel Halim Nasr, Mohsen Nasr
- Editor
- Saeed El-Sheikh
- Producer
- Youssef Chahine
Details
- Original title
- شفيقة ومتولي
- Release date
- 1978-11-27
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Production
- MISR International Films