| Virtue for Sale | |
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| Arabic | أخلاق للبيع |
| Directed by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
| Written by | Yusuf Sibai |
| Screenplay by | Abo El Seoud El Ebiary |
| Produced by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Celilio |
| Edited by | Albert Naguib |
| Music by | Ahmed Sedqi |
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| Distributed by | Bahna films |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Virtue for Sale (Arabic: أخلاق للبيع, translit. Akhlaq li - l bay or Akhlaq lil bai, aliases: Ethics for Sale or Little Virtues) is a 1950 Egyptian comedy film directed by and starring Mahmoud Zulfikar. The film is based on Yusuf Sibai's story Land of Hypocrisy. Primary cast includes Faten Hamama and Mimi Chakib.
Synopsis
In a fantasy, the film revolves around a husband who is suffering from his mother-in-law until he encounters a man who sells morality in powders. He buys the powder of courage to face his domineering mother-in-law and changes his life. He decides to go back to the seller and ask for new ones.
Crew
- Directed by: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Story: Yusuf Sibai
- Screenplay: Abo El Seoud El Ebiary
- Cinematography: Celilio
- Editing: Albert Naguib
- Producer: Mahmoud Zulfikar
- Production studio: Mahmoud Zulfikar films – Aziza Amir films
- Distribution: Bahna films
Cast
- Mahmoud Zulfikar: (Ahmad)
- Faten Hamama: (Amina)
- Mimi Chakib: (Amina's mother)
- Mahmoud Shokoko: (Bulbul)
- Ali al-Kassar: (the seller of morals)
- Shafiq Noureddine: (Cohen the owner of the pension)
- Kitty: (Dancer Katina)
- Ali Abdel-Aal: (Katina's father)
- Abdel Hamid Zaki: (Director)
- Zaki Ibrahim: (Amina's uncle)
- Aliya Fawzy: (Maid Amina and Ahmed)
- Toson Metemed: (Hospital nurse)
- Mohammed Sobeih: (the thief)
- Abdel Moneim Bassiouni: (employee)
- Mohsen Hassanein: (the drunk customer)
References
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- قاسم, محمود. جميلات السينما المصرية (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.
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- Khouri, Malek (2010). The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-416-354-8.
- "Akhlaq Lil Bay'e". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5.
- arabe (France), Institut du monde (1995). Egypte, 100 ans de cinéma (in French). IMA. ISBN 978-2-906062-81-8.