Alley of The Pestle
زقاق المدق
Release: 1963-09-21
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 5.7
Drama
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.
Production Countries
Egypt
Cast
Shadia
as Hameeda
Salah Qabil
as Abbas Al-Helou
Yousuf Shaaban
as Farag
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
as Zaita
Aqeila Rateb
as Adeela Al-Balanna
Abdel Warith Assir
as Hajj Kamel
Thuraya Helmy
as Hosnia
Hassan Youssef
as Hussein
Samia Gamal
as Shukriya
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
as Sanqar
Mohamed Reda
as Kersha
Hussein Reyaad
as Mr. Darwish
