Alley of The Pestle

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Alley of The Pestle (1963)

Directed by Hassan Al-Imam

Drama · 2h 05m

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.

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Cast

Shadia Hameeda Salah Qabil Abbas Al-Helou Hasan Youssef Hussein Yousuf Shaaban Farag Samia Gamal Shukriya Tawfiq Al-Deqen Zaita Aqeila Rateb Adeela Al-Balanna Abdel Moneim Ibrahim Sanqar Abdel Warith Assir Hajj Kamel Mohamed Reda Kersha Hussein Reyaad Mr. Darwish Thuraya Helmy Hosnia

Crew

Director
Hassan Al-Imam
Writer
Saad al-Din Wahbah

Details

Original title
زقاق المدق
Release date
1963-09-21
Runtime
2h 05m
Genres
Drama
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Egypt