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1966 film

Cairo 30
Directed bySalah Abu Seif
Screenplay bySalah Abu Seif
Naguib Mahfouz
Based onModern Cairo
by Naguib Mahfouz
Produced byGamal El Leithy
Starring
CinematographyWahid Farid
Music byFouad El Zahry
Release date
  • 31 October 1966 (1966-10-31)
Running time130 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Cairo 30 (Arabic: القاهرة 30, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif, and based on Naguib Mahfouz's 1945 novel Modern Cairo. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.

Cast

  • Soad Hosny as Ihsan
  • Ahmed Mazhar as The minister
  • Hamdy Ahmed as Mahgoub Abdel Dayem
  • Abdelmonem Ibrahim as Ahmed Bedier
  • Tawfik El Deken as Shahata Tourky
  • Abdelaziz Mikewy as Ali Taha
  • Aqeila Rateb as The minister's wife
  • Ahmed Tawfik as Salem El Ekshidy
  • Bahiga Hafez as Ikram hanem

Synopsis

The film takes place in the 1930’s, when a young man named Mahjoub Abdeldayem (Hamdy Ahmed) comes from Upper Egypt to the slums of Cairo and gets to know a native of his village (Salem al-Ikhshidi) who offers a job lead. The job is to marry Ihsan (Soad Hosny), mistress of Qasim Bey (Ahmed Mazhar, on condition that Qasim visits her once a week.

See also

References

  1. "Retrospective on Film: The Golden Age of Egyptian Cinema – the 1940s to 1960s". zenithfoundation. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. "Egypt's cinematic gems: Cairo 30". Mada Masr.
  3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

External links

Films directed by Salah Abu Seif
Works by Naguib Mahfouz
Cairo Trilogy
Other novels
Short stories
Story collections
Screenplays
Adaptations
Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1958–1997
2002–present


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