Country: Egypt
Year: 1953
Duration: 95'
Samia and Adel have a love story. Samia's father has to sell their house to pay his debts; the building is bought by the forger Abu Al Izz. When Samia discovers his business, the hoodlum forces her to marry him under the threat of killing her father. Samia turns to Al Malti for help. In the end, the police intervene and Samia and Adel can get married.
"This film, which is considered a classic of 1950's police movies, was made by one of the directors of the golden age of Egyptian cinema. It is the first film in which most of the scenes take place on a train. The night trains used to take the early editions of the newspapers from Cairo to Alexandria" (Samir Farid).
Biography
film director
Izzuddin Zul Fiqar
Izzuddin Zul Fiqar (Cairo, 1919-1963). Director, producer and screenwriter, he is the brother of director Mahmud Zul Fiqar and actor Salah Zul Fiqar. He began his artistic career as director's assistant. He performed in only one film, Khulud (Eternity), which starred his wife Fatim Hamama.
FILMOGRAFIA
Asiru al dhalam (L'ostaggio del buio, 1947), Abu Zeid Al Hilali (1947), Al kullu yughanni (Tutti cantano, 1947), Khulud (Eternità, 1948), Agaza Fi Guhannam (Vacanze all'inferno, 1949), Sahibatu al malalim (La nulla facente, 1949), Ana al madi (Io e il passato, 1951), Salu Qalbi (Chiedetelo al mio cuore, 1952), Qitar al lail (Il treno della notte, 1953), Al shakku al qatil (Il dubbio assassino, 1953), Wafà (1953), Ibnu al hara (Il figlio del quartiere, 1953), Maw'id ma'a al hayat (Appuntamento con la vita, 1953), Aqwa min al hubb (Più forte dell'amore, 1954), Raqssatu al wada'i (Il ballo dell'addio, 1954), Maw'id ma'a al sa'ada (Appuntamento con la felicità, 1954), Inni rahila (Me ne sto andando, 1955), Aghla min eineh (Più caro dei suoi occhi, 1955), Al gha'iba (L'assente, 1955), Shatti'u al dhikrayat (La spiaggia dei ricordi, 1955), Uiun sahrana (Occhi insonni, 1956), Hareb min al hubb (Fuggendo l'amore, 1957), Bor Sa'id (Port Sa'id, 1957), Tariqu al amal (La strada della speranza, 1957), Rudda Qalbi (Restituisci il mio cuore, 1957), Shari'u al hubb (La strada dell'amore, 1958), Imra'atun fi al tariq (Una donna sulla strada, 1958), Al ragiul al thani (Il secondo uomo, 1959), Al banat wa al saif (Le ragazze e l' estate, co-regia Salah Abu Seif e Fattin Abdu Al Wahab, 1960), Nahru al hubb (Il fiume dell'amore, 1960), Al shumu'u al sawdà (Le candele nere, 1962), Maw'id fi al bahr (Appuntamento al mare, 1962), Muharabatu al isha'at (Combattere le menzogne, doc., 1953), Watani al akbar (Oh, mia grande patria, 1961).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Izzuddin Zul Fiqar.
Soggetto e dialoghi: Zeki Saleh, Istifan Rosti.
Director of photography: Wahid Farid.
Art director: Antoine Polisois.
Costume designer: Aziza Haww`, Ibrahim Uthman.
Editor: Emil Bahri.
Sound: Nassri Abdu Al Nur.
Music: Ibrahim Hajjaj.
Cast and characters: Samia Giamal (Samia), Imad Hamdi (Adel), Istifan Rosti (Capo Investigatore), Sulaiman Nagib (Abu Al Izz), Siraj Munir (Al Maltti), Fakher Fakher, Salah Nadhmi, Riyad Al Qasabgi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Misr per il Teatro e il Cinema.
Soggetto e dialoghi: Zeki Saleh, Istifan Rosti.
Director of photography: Wahid Farid.
Art director: Antoine Polisois.
Costume designer: Aziza Haww`, Ibrahim Uthman.
Editor: Emil Bahri.
Sound: Nassri Abdu Al Nur.
Music: Ibrahim Hajjaj.
Cast and characters: Samia Giamal (Samia), Imad Hamdi (Adel), Istifan Rosti (Capo Investigatore), Sulaiman Nagib (Abu Al Izz), Siraj Munir (Al Maltti), Fakher Fakher, Salah Nadhmi, Riyad Al Qasabgi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Misr per il Teatro e il Cinema.