A psychologist convinces a patient, Sharif, to kill his elderly lover in order to cash in the insurance policy that the woman had stipulated in the doctor's name. Sharif is unable to prove his innocence, but his fiancée Nadia manages to bring the truth to light, despite the psychologist's efforts.
"Starting in 1947, I rejected all the proposals I received, because I felt they were not appropriate for the realization of my projects. I wanted to make a film that was different from what was being shown at the time, and in fact Al manzil raqam 13 has no ballet, belly dancing scenes or songs. There were few films like this, they could be counted on the fingers of one hand. I was able to make this film thanks to the support of Studio Misr. The film is based on a true story that happened in Europe" (Kamal Al Sheikh, in an interview with Samir Farid, published in "The Cairo Film Club Bulletin", March 1, 1972).
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
Plot: Kamal Al Sheikh, Kamal Attiyya.
Sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Ali Al Zarqani.
Director of photography: Wahid Farid.
Art director: Antoine Polisois.
Editor: Amira Faiyid.
Sound: Nassri Abdu Al Nur.
Cast and characters: Fatin Hamama (Nadia), Omar Sharif (Sharif), Lola Sidqi, Mahmud Al Miligi, Siraj Munir, Firdos Mohammad, Widad Hamdi, Abdu Al Rahim Al Zarqani.
Production company: Aflam Kamal Al Sheikh.
Italian distribution: Misr per il Teatro e il Cinema.