Country: Egypt
Year: 1959
Duration: 126'
Waf`, the wife of the singer Wahid, is traumatized when she helplessly witnesses a child's death. She becomes paralyzed from the trauma, and Wahid's life is turned upside down. He consoles himself with Ilham, who becomes pregnant. Wahid leaves on a long tournée and when he returns, he finds that Waf` has recovered. Ilham dies during childbirth, and Waf`, who can't have children of her own, decides to adopt the baby girl.
"This is the only singing movie that Kamal Al Sheikh made. It belongs to a type of Egyptian cinema that had stars as leading characters; a type of cinema which Al Sheikh generally avoided. In the case of Min ajli hubbi, the star is the famous singer and musician Farid Al Attrash, who always played the part of the artist - named Wahid, which means the solitary - who is willing to sacrifice everything for his art" (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.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Mohammad Uthman, Salah Izzu Al Din.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Art director: Maher Abdu Al Nur.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Sound: André Zandilis.
Music: André Rider.
Songs: Ma'mun Al Shinnawi, Abdu Al Aziz Salam, Isma'il Al Habruk (testi), Farid Al Attrash (musica).
Interprete canzoni: Farid Al Attrash.
Cast and characters: Farid Al Attrash (Wahid), Majda (Waf`), Leila Fawzi (Ilham), Mahmud Al Miligi, Fat-hiyya Ali, Qadriyya Kamel, Mohammad Badr Al Din, Ahmad Shawqi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Aflam Farid Al Attrash.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Mohammad Uthman, Salah Izzu Al Din.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Art director: Maher Abdu Al Nur.
Editor: Sa'id Al Sheikh.
Sound: André Zandilis.
Music: André Rider.
Songs: Ma'mun Al Shinnawi, Abdu Al Aziz Salam, Isma'il Al Habruk (testi), Farid Al Attrash (musica).
Interprete canzoni: Farid Al Attrash.
Cast and characters: Farid Al Attrash (Wahid), Majda (Waf`), Leila Fawzi (Ilham), Mahmud Al Miligi, Fat-hiyya Ali, Qadriyya Kamel, Mohammad Badr Al Din, Ahmad Shawqi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Aflam Farid Al Attrash.