Country: Egypt
Year: 1937
Duration: 95'
In the poor neighborhood of Al Husseiniyya, in the old part of Cairo, the family of the Muslim Ibrahim has been living next door to the family of the Jew Salomon for thirty years. The sons of these two families, Adbu and Shalom, are best friends, to the point that they will share everything they achieve in life, in richness and in poverty.
"This film was produced in Egypt in 1937, during the rise of nazism and fascism in Europe, to show the peaceful cohabitation between Muslims and Jews. This cohabitation was sanctioned by the principles of the great popular Revolution of 1919 and by the constitution of 1923, which was approved following the political independence of Egypt (1922), and, after the Revolution, by public demand."
Biography
film director
Togo Mizrahi
Togo Mizrahi (Alexandria, Egypt, 1901 - Rome, 1986). Director, producer, author, screenwriter, actor, cameraman and editor. After graduating in Political Sciences and Economics from the University of Lyons in 1923, he studied cinema in Paris, Rome, London and Berlin. He performed in his first four films under the stage name "Ahmad Al Mashriq", which is the Arab translation of his Hebrew name. In 1930 he founded a studio in Alexandria and in 1937 he took over Studio Ramsis in Cairo from Yusuf Wahbi. In 1946 he and his wife moved to Italy.
FILMOGRAFIA
Al hawiya aw al kokaiin (L'abisso, ovvero la cocaina, 1931), Al lotariyya nimra 5001 (La lotteria numero 5001, 1932), Awlad Misr (I figli dell'Egitto, 1933), Al manduban (I due delegati, 1934), El doctor Farahat (Il dottor Farahat, 1935), Shalom el turgiuman (Shalom l'interprete, 1935), Al bahhar (Il marinaio, 1935), 100 alf ghineh (100mila sterline, 1936), Ghafir el darak (Il guardiano notturno, 1936), El izz bahzala (La ricchezza è una maledizione, 1937), El sa'a 7 (Le ore 7, 1937), El telleighraf (Il telegrafo, 1938), Ana tab'i kida (Sono fatto così, 1938), Osman we Ali (Osman e Ali, 1939), Sallifni 3 ghineh (Prestami 3 sterline, 1939), Laila mumttira (Una notte di pioggia, 1939), El bashmiqawil (Il capo cantiere, 1940), Qalb imra'a (Il cuore di una donna, 1940), Leila bintu al rif (Leila la contadina, 1941), Alf lela we lela (Mille e una notte, 1941), Al fursan al thalath (I tre cavalieri, 1941), Leila bint madaris (Leila la studentessa, 1941), Ghadat al kamilia (La signora delle camelie, 1942), Leila (1942), Ali Baba wa al arba'in harami (Ali Babà e i quaranta ladroni, 1942), Al tariq al mustaqim (La retta via, 1943), Leila fi al dhalam (Leila nell'oscurità, 1944), Kidb fi kidb (Bugia su bugia, 1944), Nur Al Din wa al bahara al thalath (Nur Al Din e i tre marinai, 1944), Salama (1945), Tahiyyat el riggala (Il saluto degli uomini veri, 1945).
Cast
& Credits
Director, screenplay and editor: Togo Mizrahi.
Riprese: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Art director: Raziqa Hasanen, Mohammad Al Balgiumi.
Music: Izzat Al Giahili.
Sound: Sini Sabo.
Cast and characters: Shalom (Shalom), Ahmad Al Haddad (Abdu), Amina (Amina), Su'ad Ahmad (Ester), Zuzu Labib, Rawhiyya Fawzi, Victori Farhi, Fidos, Adalat, Hasan Saleh, Hishmat Ibrahim, Yusuf Al Ramli.
Production company: Togo Mizrahi.
Riprese: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Art director: Raziqa Hasanen, Mohammad Al Balgiumi.
Music: Izzat Al Giahili.
Sound: Sini Sabo.
Cast and characters: Shalom (Shalom), Ahmad Al Haddad (Abdu), Amina (Amina), Su'ad Ahmad (Ester), Zuzu Labib, Rawhiyya Fawzi, Victori Farhi, Fidos, Adalat, Hasan Saleh, Hishmat Ibrahim, Yusuf Al Ramli.
Production company: Togo Mizrahi.