19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Tribute to Shadi Abdu Al Salam
Mustafa aw al saher al saghir
by Mahmud Khalil Rashed
Country: Egypt
Year: 1932
Duration: 40'
Mostapha goes to India with his father. He learns the mysteries of magic in the Himalayas. When he returns to Egypt, he meets Bahlul, an alcoholic. Mostapha tries to convince Bahlul to stop drinking, but Bahlil continues undeterred, until he goes crazy. In the end Mostapha manages to cure him.
"Despite the fact that Mustafa wa al saher al saghir is an amateur film, like those of Mohammad Baiyyumi, it was the first Egyptian production to use "cinematographic tricks". In 1992, the Union of Arab Artists in Cairo funded the restoration of the only remaining copy, producing a new 35mm negative."
Biography
film director
Mahmud Khalil Rashed
Mahmud Khalil Rashed (Alexandria, Egypt, 1894-1980) graduated from the Magisterial High School in Cairo in 1917. He worked as a professor of natural sciences and chemistry, and has written almost one hundred books on art, science and literature. During the 1930's he founded the Institute of Science and New Inventions, which also includes departments of drama and cinema. In 1932 this institute produced the film Mustafa aw al saher al saghir (Mostapha, or the Little Magician), which Rashed directed.
FILMOGRAFIA
Mustafa wa al saher al saghir (Mustafa, ovvero il piccolo mago, 1932).
Cast
& Credits
Regia e produzione: Mahmud Khalil Rashed.
Riprese: Ali Ahmad Ali.
Cast: Mustafa Kamel Rashed, Ahmad Al Sududi, Mohammad Afandi Qurra, Yahia Afandi Nagiati, Michele Afandi Haddad (il campione d'Egitto di pugilato), Malika Giamal.
Riprese: Ali Ahmad Ali.
Cast: Mustafa Kamel Rashed, Ahmad Al Sududi, Mohammad Afandi Qurra, Yahia Afandi Nagiati, Michele Afandi Haddad (il campione d'Egitto di pugilato), Malika Giamal.