Country: Egypt
Year: 1932
Duration: 90'
Gialal, a police lieutenant, is in love with his cousin Bahigia, but he is the object of desire of Nazek, Bahigia's older sister. Since tradition requires that the older sister be married first, Gialal has to marry Nazek, while Bahigia is forced by her family to marry Buri'i. After discovering that her husband is a drug dealer and that he intends to kill Gialal, Bahigia falls ill. While Buri'i is killed in a gun battle with the police, the girl dies in Gialal's arms.
"This film is the sound version of the silent film Al dahaya, which was made in 1932. According to Bahigia Hafez in an interview published in the December 12, 1934 issue of the magazine 'Al Arusa', the silent film was 3,000 meters long. Only 600 meters of that film have survived, the only witness to Egyptian silent films produced up until that moment" (Samir Farid).
Biography
film director
Ibrahim Lama
Ibrahim Lama (Santiago del Chile, 1904 - Egypt, 1953). Director and producer of Palestinian origins, in 1926 he moved to Alexandria, Egypt, and with his brother, the actor Badr Lama, contributed greatly to the development of Egyptian cinema, both silent and talking. He committed suicide in 1953.
FILMOGRAFIA
Qubla fi al sahrà (Un bacio nel deserto, 1927), Fagi'a fawqa al haram (Tragedia sulla piramide, 1928), Mu'igizat al hubb (Il miracolo dell'amore, 1931), Wakhzu al damir (Il rimorso della coscienza, 1931), Al dahaya (Le vittime, versione muta, 1932), Shabahu al madi (Lo spettro del passato, 1934), Ma'ruf al badawi (Ma'ruf il beduino, 1935), Al dahaya (Le vittime, versione sonora, 1935), Al harib (Il fuggitivo, 1936), Izzu al talab (La richiesta esaudita, 1937), Al kanz al mafqud (Il tesoro perduto, 1939), Laiali al Qahira (Le notti del Cairo, 1939), Qaiys wa Leila (Qaiys e Leila, 1939), Ragiul baina imra'tain (Un uomo tra due donne, 1940), Sarkha fi al lail (Un grido nella notte, 1940), Salahu Al Din Al Aiyyubi (Saladino l'Aiyyubita, 1941), Ibnu al Sahrà (Il figlio del deserto, 1942), Khafaia al dunia (Gli enigmi della vita, 1942), Cleopatra (1943), Nida'u al damm (Il richiamo del sangue, 1943), Yasqut al hubb (Abbasso l'amore, 1944), Aris el hanà (Lo sposo felice, 1944), Wahida (1944), Il beh el muzaiyyaf (Il commendatore falso, 1945), Bintu al sharq (La ragazza orientale, 1946), Al badawiyya al hasnà (La bella beduina, 1947), Kanzu al sa'ada (Il tesoro della felicità, 1947), Sikkit el salama (Buon viaggio, 1948), Al halaqa al mafquda (L'anello mancante, 1948), Assifa ala al rabi'e (Una tempesta sulla primavera, 1951), Al qafilatu tasir (La carovana passa, 1951).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Ibrahim Lama.
Plot: Fikri Abadha.
Screenplay: Shahin Mituwalli.
Dialogues: Badr Amin.
Director of photography: Achille Primavera.
Art director: Badr Amin.
Costume designer: Bahigia Hafez.
Editor: Ibrahim Lama, Bahigia Hafez.
Music: Bahigia Hafez.
Sound: Ladislas Szabo.
Cast and characters: Bahigia Hafez (Bahigia), Zeki Rustum (Buri'i), Abdu Al Salam Al Nabulsi, Atallah Mikhail (Gialal), Ismail Al Disuqi, Mahmud Hamdi, Samir Lama, Najla' Abdu.
Production company and Italian distribution: Fanar Film.
Plot: Fikri Abadha.
Screenplay: Shahin Mituwalli.
Dialogues: Badr Amin.
Director of photography: Achille Primavera.
Art director: Badr Amin.
Costume designer: Bahigia Hafez.
Editor: Ibrahim Lama, Bahigia Hafez.
Music: Bahigia Hafez.
Sound: Ladislas Szabo.
Cast and characters: Bahigia Hafez (Bahigia), Zeki Rustum (Buri'i), Abdu Al Salam Al Nabulsi, Atallah Mikhail (Gialal), Ismail Al Disuqi, Mahmud Hamdi, Samir Lama, Najla' Abdu.
Production company and Italian distribution: Fanar Film.