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The Black Market (1945)
Directed by Kamel El Telmessani
Drama · 1h 40m
A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics. They call in the national athorities and the black marketeers are brought to justice.
Cast
Zaki Rostom
ابو محمود
Emad Hamdy
حامد
Abdel Fattah Al-Qosari
سيد البقال
Aqeila Rateb
نجية
Mohamed Kamal ElMasry
هاشم الحلاق
Mohammad Tawfiq
حسن (العبيط)
Fardous Hasan
سونا (الزوجة الجديدة)
Thuraya Helmy
نعيمة
Thuraya Fakhry
أم محمود
ElSayed Bedir
مصطفى (الفران)
Abdel Hamid Zaki
حسونة الجزار
Hassan Kamel
الترزي
Crew
- Director
- Kamel El Telmessani
- Writer
- Kamel El Telmessani
- Director of Photography
- Ahmed Khorshed
- Editor
- Emile Bahri
Details
- Original title
- السوق السوداء
- Release date
- 1945-01-02
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Production
- ستوديو مصر