Country: Egypt
Year: 1963
Duration: 106'
Shaker has convinced his sister-in-law Nadia to pretend to be his wife Fawzia, who died during a bombing raid in the Second World War. With the help of a family friend, the doctor Majdi, the woman manages to make Shaker confess the truth. Shaker had hoped to live with his wife's sister without having to give up Fawzia's inheritance.
"In this film, Kamal Al Sheikh has used one of the greatest and most representative stars of 20th century Egyptian and Arab cinema. In the air raid scene, the director recounts an experience he lived through during the Second World War and which is unknown to many people: Nazi German air raids on Egypt because of the country's decision to fight alongside the Allied troops against the Axis" (Samir Farid).
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.
Plot: da un racconto di Margaret Leen.
Screenplay: Yusuf Al Siba'i.
Dialogues: Yusuf Al Siba'i, Sabri Izzat.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Scenografia e costumi: Maher Abdu Al Nurr.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Sound: Nassri Abdu Al Nurr.
Cast and characters: Fatin Hamama (Nadia), Ahmad Madh-har (Majdi), Mahmud Mursi (Shaker), Kamal Yasin, Madiha Salem, Abdu Al Khaliq Saleh, Ahmad Shawqi, Aliyya Abdu Al Mun'im.
Production company: Aflam Giamal Al Laithi.
Italian distribution: Dolar Film.
Plot: da un racconto di Margaret Leen.
Screenplay: Yusuf Al Siba'i.
Dialogues: Yusuf Al Siba'i, Sabri Izzat.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Scenografia e costumi: Maher Abdu Al Nurr.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Sound: Nassri Abdu Al Nurr.
Cast and characters: Fatin Hamama (Nadia), Ahmad Madh-har (Majdi), Mahmud Mursi (Shaker), Kamal Yasin, Madiha Salem, Abdu Al Khaliq Saleh, Ahmad Shawqi, Aliyya Abdu Al Mun'im.
Production company: Aflam Giamal Al Laithi.
Italian distribution: Dolar Film.