Country: Egypt
Year: 1971
Duration: 102'
Husein Pasci` Shaker, an important businessman, has made his fortune thanks to his collaboration with the British authorities and the right-wing parties. Husein feels guilty and is angry with his childhood friend Mohammad, who has never stooped to compromises in order to get rich. But a tragic end awaits him.
"Shai'un fi sadri represents one of the apices of Egyptian cinema. The film has a solid narrative construction and is excellently directed. In this film, Rushdi Abadha gives his all. His acting performance, similar to that of Mahmud Al Miligi in Al ard (The Land) by Yusuf Shahin, is the synthesis of a long and rich experience" (Samir Farid, in a film critique published in "Al Giumhuriyya", September 9, 1971).
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.
Plot: Ihsan Abdu Al Quddus.
Sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Ra'fat al Mihi.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Art director: Hilmi Azab.
Editor: Hasanov.
Sound: Turki Abdu Al Rahman.
Cast and characters: Rushdi Abadha (Husein), Majda Al Khattib, Huda Sulttan, Salah Mansur, Hasan Mustafa, Shukri Sarhan, Yasmin Khalid Fahmi.
Production company: Aflam Ramsis Nagib.
Italian distribution: Africor.
Plot: Ihsan Abdu Al Quddus.
Sceneggiatura e dialoghi: Ra'fat al Mihi.
Director of photography: Abdu Al Halim Nassr.
Art director: Hilmi Azab.
Editor: Hasanov.
Sound: Turki Abdu Al Rahman.
Cast and characters: Rushdi Abadha (Husein), Majda Al Khattib, Huda Sulttan, Salah Mansur, Hasan Mustafa, Shukri Sarhan, Yasmin Khalid Fahmi.
Production company: Aflam Ramsis Nagib.
Italian distribution: Africor.