19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Animated Films
Bil hana wel shifa
by David Frenkel, Harry Frenkel, Salomon Frenkel
Country: Egypt
Year: 1946
Duration: 11'
Mish Mish Effendi and his friend Fayyumi are seated at a restaurant and stuffing themselves, but since they don't have any money they leave without paying. Nightmares haunt their sleep that night. They are awoken the next morning by a loud knocking on their door: their creditors have come to collect. The two friends escape by jumping out the window; they land on a truckload of hay and are taken to a circus. They witness a quarrel between the beautiful tightrope walker and cunning Omar. When the ballerina begins her number on the tightrope, Omar, to get back at her, frees an enormous gorilla from its cage. After a wild sequence of fights, chases and tricks, Mish Mish manages to get the best of the beast, and they punish Omar as well. The beautiful ballerina succumbs to the charm and courage of her savior Mish Mish Effendi.
Biography
film director
Harry, Salomon, David Frenkel
The Frenkel brothers, Harry (1902-1974), Salomon (1912-2001) and David (1914-1994), are originally from Byelorussia. At the beginning of the First World War, the Frenkel family moved to Alexandria, Egypt. Around 1933, fascinated by the first animated drawings by Walt Disney, they decided to make animated films: their first short film (which has been lost) was made in 1935. In 1936, their film Mafish Faida was the first of a series of cartoons featuring Mish-Mish Effendi. In 1947 they began making commercials, an activity they continued in France, where they moved in 1951. The commercial failure of Rêve du beau Danube Bleu put an end to their career in 1963. Their films, which were re-discovered in 1995, have been restored and presented in various festivals.
FILMOGRAFIA
Marco Monkey un singe sympa (1935), Mafish faida (Niente da fare, 1936), Mish Mish el shater (Mish Mish, il coraggioso, 1939), Al difa'u al watani (La difesa nazionale, 1940), Bill hana wel shifav (Buon Appetito, 1946), Mish Mish yarqus ma'a Sabah (Mish Mish danza con Sabah, 1948), Al walad al nagib (Il figliol prodigo, 1951), Bravo Osman (1949), Simfoniyya ala difaf al Nil (Sinfonia sulle rive del Nilo, 1949), Sunlight (1949), Abu ras nashfa (Testa dura, 1950), Une expérience atomique (1951), Aventures et fantaisies (1952-1960), Mon chien, mon âme et moi (1952-1960), C'est arrivé au zoo (1952-1960), Le stylo magique (1952-1960), Le grand triomphe (1952-1960), Noël parisien (1952-1960), La Bolte magique (1952-1960), Le Trésor insaisissable (1952-1960), Rêve du beau Danube Bleu (1965).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Harry, Salomon e David Frenkel.
Screenplay: Badi'e Khairi.
Music: Assabane junior, A. W. Karam, H. Abdel Azim.
Dialoghi e canzoni: Ahmad Mitwualli.
Production company: Studio Frenkel Films, Il Cairo.
Screenplay: Badi'e Khairi.
Music: Assabane junior, A. W. Karam, H. Abdel Azim.
Dialoghi e canzoni: Ahmad Mitwualli.
Production company: Studio Frenkel Films, Il Cairo.