Baba Amin

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Baba Amin (1950)

Directed by Youssef Chahine

Comedy, Drama · 1h 51m

1950 Cairo, Amin is a simple employee who lives with his family of three, his wife Zahira, son Nabil and daughter Hoda. Amin’s friend Mabrouk convinces Amin to invest his life savings in a project, which he promises, will get him rich. Amin agrees but forgets to take a receipt. Amin suddenly dies and watches on from the after life.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Youssef Chahine
Writer
Youssef Chahine, Hussein El-Mohandess
Director of Photography
Massimo Dellamano
Original Music Composer
Mahmoud Al Sharif
Editor
Kamal Abul Ela

Details

Original title
بابا أمين
Release date
1950-11-20
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Egypt