Country: Egypt
Year: 1960
Duration: 104'
One day, Radwan, an old man who lives alone, meets Aziza, a young and pretty pickpocket, and invites her to his house. Salim, a criminal friend of Aziza's, convinces the girl to marry Radwan and then kill him in order to inherit his wealth. But the young woman has fallen in love with Ahmad, Radwan's colleague, and persuades him to kill her husband. In order to get rid of Salim, she reports him to the police, while Radwan manages to avoid the crime that Ahmad was about to commit. Ahmad is sorry for what he was about to do: in a tragic finale Radwan is killed by the police and young Aziza loses her life, too.
"Rigial fi al assifa is a movie that is completely ignored. This film was never shown on Arab television because of the audaciousness and courage with which it treated the theme of sensuality, taking into consideration the rules of the time. In the 1950's and 1960's, Hind Rustum was considered our most provocative sex symbol, so much so that she was dubbed the "Marilyn Monroe of the Orient". Rigial fi al assifa is the Egyptian film that is most closely tied to the school of naturalism, just like the movie Imra'a fi al tariq (Woman on the Road) by Izzuddin Zul Fiqar" (Samir Farid).
Biography
film director
Husam Al Din Mustafa
Husam Al Din Mustafa (Port Sa'id, Egypt, 1926 - Cairo 2000). Director, screenwriter, director of photography and producer, after graduating from high school in Cairo, he went to Hollywood to further his studies. He worked as assistant to Cecil B. DeMille.
FILMOGRAFIA
Kifaia ya ain (Oh! Occhi miei basta, 1956), Hayat ghaniya (La vita di una prostituta, 1957), Isma'il Yasin li al bai'a (Isma'il Yasin a vendere, 1958), Rigial fi al assifa (Uomini nella tempesta, 1960), Abu Al Lail (1960), Sirru al hariba (Il segreto della fuggitiva, 1963), Al naddara al sawdà (Gli occhiali neri, 1963), Ad-ham Al Sharqawi (1964), Al tariq (La strada, 1964), Al mughamirun al thalatha (I tre avventurieri, 1965), Harib min al aiyyam (Fuggendo il tempo, 1965), Al samman wa al kharif (L'anatra e l'autunno, 1967), Giarimatun fi al haiy al hadi (Crimine in un quartiere tranquillo, 1967), Al masagin al thalatha (I tre carcerati, 1968), Shanabo fi al massiyada (Shanabo in trappola, 1968), Nisa'un bila ghad (Donne senza futuro, 1970), Nihaiatu al shaiattin (La fine dei diavoletti, 1970), Imra'a wa ragiul (Una donna e un uomo, 1971), Al Shaiymà (1972), Al shaiattin fi igiaza (I diavoletti sono in vacanza, 1973), Al shahhat (Il mendicante, 1973), Madrasatu al mushaghibin (La scuola dei ribelli, 1973), Al abttal (Gli eroi, 1974), Ghaba min al siqan (Una foresta di gambe, 1974), Al rassassa la tazalu fi giaibi (La pallottola sta ancora nella mia tasca, 1974), Al ikhwatu al a'adà (I fratelli nemici, 1974), Indama yabki al rigial (Quando gli uomini piangono, 1984), Al harafish (1986), Sikkit el nadama (La strada del rimpianto, 1987), Gharamu al afa'i (L'amore delle vipere, 1988), Al mulku lillah (Tutto tornerà a Dio, 1990), Dam ala al thawb al wardi (Sangue sulla camicia rosa, 2000).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Husam Al Din Mustafa.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Mohammad Othman.
Director of photography: Clelio.
Art director: Abbas Hilmi.
Editor: Mohammad Abbas.
Cast and characters: Hind Rustum (Aziza), Rushdi Abadha (Ahmad), Husein Riyad (Radwan), Mahmud Al Miligi (Salim), San` Madh-har (Hud`), Ni'mat Mukhtar.
Production company: Aflam Al Ittihad.
Italian distribution: Al Sharq.
Soggetto, sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Mohammad Othman.
Director of photography: Clelio.
Art director: Abbas Hilmi.
Editor: Mohammad Abbas.
Cast and characters: Hind Rustum (Aziza), Rushdi Abadha (Ahmad), Husein Riyad (Radwan), Mahmud Al Miligi (Salim), San` Madh-har (Hud`), Ni'mat Mukhtar.
Production company: Aflam Al Ittihad.
Italian distribution: Al Sharq.