The Unbearable Presence of Asmahan

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The Unbearable Presence of Asmahan (2014)

Directed by Azza El-Hassan

Documentary · 1h 11m

As times get tougher in the Arab world, people reminisce about the greatest diva of all time: Asmahan. Today, many Arabs go to Vienna in search of the dream that was whispered to them. But things are not that simple. Singer and actress Asmahan is a Syrian princess who emigrated to Egypt in the 1920s and where she enjoyed a career in show business, eventually becoming an Egyptian Diva.

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Crew

Director
Azza El-Hassan
Director of Photography
Joerg Burger
Editor
Marek Kráľovský

Details

Release date
2014-10-19
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic, German