Barsoum Looking for a Job

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Barsoum Looking for a Job (1923)

Directed by Mohamed Bayoumi

Comedy, Drama · 16m

It is the story of two friends, one a Muslim, Sheik Metwalli, and the other a Coptic Christian, Barsoum, both unemployed, suffering from hunger, and competing for a job in a bank. When the bank’s director mistakes them for wealthy businessmen, he takes them to his home for a lavish lunch. But upon learning their actual status, he chases them out of the house. At the film’s conclusion, as the two friends rest on the sidewalk absorbing their long-overdue meal, they are arrested by a policeman.

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Cast

A
Adel Hameed Barsoum Bishara Wakim Metwalli
F
Fawzi Mounib Fardous Hasan
V
Victoria Kohin Sayed Mustafa
M
Muhammad Yousuf
A
Abdel Hamid Zaki

Crew

Director
Mohamed Bayoumi
Writer
Mohamed Bayoumi

Details

Original title
برسوم يبحث عن وظيفة
Release date
1923-01-01
Runtime
16m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original language
XX
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Egypt