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The Puppeteer

Original title: Al-aragoz
  • 1989
  • 2h 5m
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The Puppeteer (1989)
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A father keeps his principles in rural Egypt while power seduces his son in Cairo. Mohamed is a puppeteer, a buffoon whose shows dramatize the promise of Nasser's socialist revolution. He's ... Read allA father keeps his principles in rural Egypt while power seduces his son in Cairo. Mohamed is a puppeteer, a buffoon whose shows dramatize the promise of Nasser's socialist revolution. He's a widower with one son, Bahlool, whom he sends to university at great financial and emotio... Read allA father keeps his principles in rural Egypt while power seduces his son in Cairo. Mohamed is a puppeteer, a buffoon whose shows dramatize the promise of Nasser's socialist revolution. He's a widower with one son, Bahlool, whom he sends to university at great financial and emotional sacrifice. In Cairo, Bahlool becomes the protege of a corrupt pasha, marries the pasha... Read all

  • Director
    • Hany Lasheen
  • Stars
    • Omar Sharif
    • Mervat Amin
    • Hesham Selim
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    • Director
      • Hany Lasheen
    • Stars
      • Omar Sharif
      • Mervat Amin
      • Hesham Selim
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    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    • Mohamed Gad El Kareem
    Mervat Amin
    Mervat Amin
    • Enaam
    Hesham Selim
    Hesham Selim
    • Bahloul
    Salwa Khattab
    Abdel Azim Abdel Haq
    Nader Nour
    Abduljawad Metwali
      Badriya Abdel Gawad
      Abu Al Foutouh Emara
      Yasser Ali Maher
      • School Bully
      Ahmad Khalil
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        • Hany Lasheen
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      • Release date
        • 1989 (Egypt)
      • Country of origin
        • Egypt
      • Language
        • Arabic
      • Also known as
        • Le marionnettiste
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        2 hours 5 minutes
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