Henry Barakat
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A prolific Egyptian director who is one of the most productive directors with a large number of movie credits. He was born in the Shubra neighborhood of Cairo to a family of...Read more Lebanese origin, and obtained a Bachelor of Laws, after which he traveled to Paris to study film directing. He began his career as an assistant director, and was discovered by the artist and producer Asia Dagher, as he directed the movie The Stray in 1942. He worked with big movie stars including Farid Al Atrash, Sabah and Laila Murad. But Faten Hamama is the actress he collaborated with the most (18 films),including the films The Forbidden, The Thin Thread and Mouths and Rabbits. Barakat received a number of nominations and high honors during his prolific career, including a nomination for the Berlin Golden Bear with two films at once Hassan and Naima and The Nightingale's Prayer in 1959, and he won the Best Film Award in 1964 for The Open Door from Jakarta Film Festival.
The Suspect
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Prosecutor Kamel succeeds in convicting drug dealer Osman Boraie, and Boraie s wife decides to avenge the prosecutor, and drives a wedge between him and his wife Samiha. Kamel thinks that his wife Samiha betrayed him and he divorces her .He later discovers the truth and tries to search for her.
Fil Hawa Sawa
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Thabet and Jamil are suffering from unemployment. They defraud a circus owner, so he sends his men to chase them. Jamil hides inside a box shipped to Cairo, followed by Thabet. In Cairo, they meet a girl whose parents have died. She lives with her aunt. The aunt hides from the girl the truth about her father’s wealth, so she works as a singer in a nightclub. The girl falls in love with Thabet. Her aunt learns the truth about this relationship and tries to ruin it, as she plans to marry her to her lover, with the two of them sharing the wealth of the girl father
If I Were Rich
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The film's events revolve around a poor barber named Mahrous (Bichara Wakim),who dreams all the time of getting rich, and this dream comes true one day when his beggar relative dies, and he finds a lot of money in his house, which leads to a change in the situation of the entire Mahrous family, and they move. To live in Zamalek, but the family members do not realize what awaits them as a result of their reckless actions.
The Lady of the House
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Elham marries Nabil and moves to live with him in his mother’s house. Troubles begin between the mother-in-law and Elham. The mother-in-law sees Elham as an outsider, while she is the woman of the house. The situation gets worse for Nabil. His mother urges him to marry another woman because Elham has not given birth and seeks to marry him to Madiha, his friend Elham. .
El Hawa Malhosh Dawa
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The story of the work revolves around the two friends Latif and Khafif who work together, but they are fired from their work because they made a mistake. However, Latif wins the lottery in a horse competition due to a girl’s mistake, so he goes looking for her to thank her, and that girl is the singer (Samra),and events follow after her.
The Two Orphans
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While returning at night, Hajj (Morsi) finds a baby girl on the side of the road. He takes pity on her, and takes her with him to his home to raise her with his daughter (Suniya). The relationship between the two girls strengthens over the years, until Hajj (Morsi) dies, and their paths of life separate. After a long and difficult quest, while Saniya falls in love with a rich man and plans to marry him, Nemat falls into the grip of a domineering woman who leads a number of beggars and pickpockets.
The Fifth Groom
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Bahira Hanem inherits a large sum of money from her late husband, and becomes the focus of attention of wealth seekers, everyone trying to win her over and asking for her hand, especially Rashid, Aziz, Hosni, and Safwat. She gets fed up and goes to her estate, promising them that she will return in a month to celebrate her birthday. On that occasion, she will announce the name of her chosen groom, and travels to Luxor to escape herself and her circumstances. There she meets a poor young man named Ahmed, whom she admires, so she decides to pretend to be poor in order to discover the truth about his feelings.
Ana wahudi
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Nawal and Afaf are working in a sewing shop for women. They re forced to appear as the daughters of high end families to find work for Nawal s sister,Thana,as a singer. Ihsan, the rich man falls in love with Nawal and his friend Atef loves Afaf, but they discover their truth.My Poor Son
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A dancer exploits Taher and takes his money, he offers her everything without regard to his family s needs. But when he finds her with her lover, he kills him in a quarrel and he goes to jail. His wife supports the family , and her eldest daughter meets a young man who falls in love with her.
