Country: Egypt
Year: 1974
Duration: 95'
A young fugitive, who had been imprisoned by the political police, breaks into the apartment of a newspaper editor and finds him in the company of a prostitute. The editor, aghast at the scandal that could ensue, commits suicide. The prostitute, who is accused of murder, escapes with the young fugitive. Just when they are trying to leave Egypt, the police kill the young man and arrest the woman.
"Al harib was not supposed to be so abstract, with the nameless characters and with no precise points of reference. It was a very realistic film and highly critical of the police regime. But the censors forbade any filming before the war in October 1973, with the excuse that the internal front had to be maintained secure. They allowed us to shoot on the condition that certain changes be made" (Kamal Al Sheikh).
Biography
film director
Kamal Al Sheikh
Kamal Al Sheikh (1919). Director, screenwriter and editor, he began his artistic career in the editing department of Studio Misr in 1938. In 1943 he edited the film Al Bu'asà (Les misérables), directed by Kamal Salim. He has made over 35 feature films and four documentary short films Sadat al ma'arik (The War Lords, 1953), Mu'ahadat al gialà (The Accord on England's Removal of its Army from Egypt, 1954), Hadihi hiya Suriyya (This is Syria, 1958), Hiwar (Conversation, 1972).
FILMOGRAFIA
Al manzil raqam 13 (La casa numero 13, 1952), Mu'amara (Complotto, 1953), Hayat aw mawt (Vita o morte, 1954), Hubb wa dumu'e (Amore e lacrime, 1955), Al gharib (Lo straniero, co-regia Fattin Abdu Al Wahab, 1956), Hubb wa i'dam (Amore e esecuzione, 1956), Ardu al salam (La terra della pace, 1957), Ardu al ahlam (La terra dei sogni, 1957), Tuggiaru al mawt (I commercianti della morte, 1957), Al malak al saghir (Il piccolo angelo, 1958), Saiyyidatu al qassr (La signora del palazzo, 1958), Min ajli imra'a (Per una donna, 1959), Qalbun yahtariq (Un cuore che brucia, 1959), Min ajli hubbi (Per il mio amore, 1959), Malak wa shaittan (Angelo e diavolo, 1960), Hubbi al wahid (Il mio unico amore, 1960), Lan a'tarif (Non confesserò, 1961), Al liss wa al kilab (Il ladro e i cani, 1962), Al shaittanu al saghir (Il piccolo diavolo, 1963), Al laila al akhira (L'ultima notte, 1963), Al kha'ina (La traditrice, 1965), Thalathat lussus (Tre ladri, film a episodi, co-regia Hasan Al Imam e Fattin Abdu Al Wahab, 1966), Al mukharribun (I sabotatori, 1967), Al ragiul alladhi faqada dhillahu (L' uomo che ha perduto la sua ombra, 1968), Miramar (1969), Bi'ru al hirman (Il pozzo della privazione, 1969), Ghurub wa shuruq (Crepuscolo e aurora, 1970), Shai'un Fi Sadri (Qualcosa nel mio cuore, 1971), Al harib (Il fuggitivo, 1974), Al Man Nuttliqu Al Rassas (Su chi spariamo, 1975), Sana ula hubb (Primo anno d'amore, co-regia Salah Abu Seif, Atif Salem, Hilmi Rafla e Niazi Mustafa, 1976), Wa thlithuhum al shaittan (Il terzo è il diavolo, 1978), Al su'ud ila al hawiya (L'ascesa verso l'abisso, 1978), Al tauws (Il pavone, 1982), Qahiru al zaman (Il domatore del tempo, 1987).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Kamal Al Sheikh.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Ra'fat al Mihi.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Aziz Fahmi.
Art director: Maher Abdu Al Nur.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Cast and characters: Husein Fahmi (il fuggitivo), Shadia (la prostituta), Kamal Al Shinnawi (il direttore del giornale), Mariam Fakhru Al Din (la moglie), Nahed Samir, Zizi Mustafa, Suzi, Yusri Abdu Al Qader.
Production company: Aflam Giamal Al Laithi.
Italian distribution: Ente Generale del Cinema.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Ra'fat al Mihi.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Aziz Fahmi.
Art director: Maher Abdu Al Nur.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Cast and characters: Husein Fahmi (il fuggitivo), Shadia (la prostituta), Kamal Al Shinnawi (il direttore del giornale), Mariam Fakhru Al Din (la moglie), Nahed Samir, Zizi Mustafa, Suzi, Yusri Abdu Al Qader.
Production company: Aflam Giamal Al Laithi.
Italian distribution: Ente Generale del Cinema.