Country: Egypt
Year: 1963
Duration: 110'
Cairo, 1947. The noblewoman Maghi, who always wears dark glasses, lives a frivolous and worry-free life. The intellectual engineer Omar shows her a new world, opening her eyes to literature and to the life of the factory workers where he is employed. After various incomprehensions, the two get married.
"Ihsan Abdu Al Quddus is the writer who best describes the condition of women in Egypt after the Second World War. Two of his most famous novels are: Ana hurra (I Am Free), which Salah Abu Seif turned into a film, and Al naddara al sawd`, which Husam Al Din Mustafa transformed into a film with the same title. Al naddara al sawd` was produced during the period when a woman was elected to parliament for the first time ever and another became a minister in an Egyptian government" (Samir Farid).
Biography
film director
Husam Al Din Mustafa
Husam Al Din Mustafa (Port Sa'id, Egypt, 1926 - Cairo 2000). Director, screenwriter, director of photography and producer, after graduating from high school in Cairo, he went to Hollywood to further his studies. He worked as assistant to Cecil B. DeMille.
FILMOGRAFIA
Kifaia ya ain (Oh! Occhi miei basta, 1956), Hayat ghaniya (La vita di una prostituta, 1957), Isma'il Yasin li al bai'a (Isma'il Yasin a vendere, 1958), Rigial fi al assifa (Uomini nella tempesta, 1960), Abu Al Lail (1960), Sirru al hariba (Il segreto della fuggitiva, 1963), Al naddara al sawdà (Gli occhiali neri, 1963), Ad-ham Al Sharqawi (1964), Al tariq (La strada, 1964), Al mughamirun al thalatha (I tre avventurieri, 1965), Harib min al aiyyam (Fuggendo il tempo, 1965), Al samman wa al kharif (L'anatra e l'autunno, 1967), Giarimatun fi al haiy al hadi (Crimine in un quartiere tranquillo, 1967), Al masagin al thalatha (I tre carcerati, 1968), Shanabo fi al massiyada (Shanabo in trappola, 1968), Nisa'un bila ghad (Donne senza futuro, 1970), Nihaiatu al shaiattin (La fine dei diavoletti, 1970), Imra'a wa ragiul (Una donna e un uomo, 1971), Al Shaiymà (1972), Al shaiattin fi igiaza (I diavoletti sono in vacanza, 1973), Al shahhat (Il mendicante, 1973), Madrasatu al mushaghibin (La scuola dei ribelli, 1973), Al abttal (Gli eroi, 1974), Ghaba min al siqan (Una foresta di gambe, 1974), Al rassassa la tazalu fi giaibi (La pallottola sta ancora nella mia tasca, 1974), Al ikhwatu al a'adà (I fratelli nemici, 1974), Indama yabki al rigial (Quando gli uomini piangono, 1984), Al harafish (1986), Sikkit el nadama (La strada del rimpianto, 1987), Gharamu al afa'i (L'amore delle vipere, 1988), Al mulku lillah (Tutto tornerà a Dio, 1990), Dam ala al thawb al wardi (Sangue sulla camicia rosa, 2000).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Husam Al Din Mustafa.
Plot: Ihsan Abdu Al Quddus.
Screenplay: Lucien Lambert.
Dialogues: Mohammad Kamel Abdu Al Salam.
Director of photography: Mahmud Nassr.
Art director: Abbas Hilmi.
Editor: Fikri Rustum.
Sound: André Zandilis.
Cast and characters: Ahmad Madh-har (Omar), Nadia Luttfi (Maghi), Ahmad Ramzi (Aziz), San` Madh-har, Abdu Al Khaleq Saleh, Abu Bakr Izzat, Karima Al Sharif, Khalil Badru Al Din.
Production company: Aflam Al Ittihad.
Italian distribution: Dolar Film.
Plot: Ihsan Abdu Al Quddus.
Screenplay: Lucien Lambert.
Dialogues: Mohammad Kamel Abdu Al Salam.
Director of photography: Mahmud Nassr.
Art director: Abbas Hilmi.
Editor: Fikri Rustum.
Sound: André Zandilis.
Cast and characters: Ahmad Madh-har (Omar), Nadia Luttfi (Maghi), Ahmad Ramzi (Aziz), San` Madh-har, Abdu Al Khaleq Saleh, Abu Bakr Izzat, Karima Al Sharif, Khalil Badru Al Din.
Production company: Aflam Al Ittihad.
Italian distribution: Dolar Film.