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Abi foq al-Shagara

  • 1969
  • 2h 22m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
379
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Abi foq al-Shagara (1969)
DramaMusicalRomance

A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.

  • Director
    • Hussein Kamal
  • Writers
    • Yusuf Francis
    • Ihsan Abdel Quddous
    • Saad Eldin Wahba
  • Stars
    • Abdel Halim Hafez
    • Nadia Lutfi
    • Mervat Amin
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
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    • Director
      • Hussein Kamal
    • Writers
      • Yusuf Francis
      • Ihsan Abdel Quddous
      • Saad Eldin Wahba
    • Stars
      • Abdel Halim Hafez
      • Nadia Lutfi
      • Mervat Amin
    • 1User review
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    Abdel Halim Hafez
    • Adel
    Nadia Lutfi
    Nadia Lutfi
    • Firdaus
    Mervat Amin
    Mervat Amin
    • Amaal
    Samir Sabry
    • Ashraf
    • (as Samir Sabri)
    Salah Nazmi
    • Khamis
    Amira
    • Ahlam
    Nabila El Sayed
    Imad Hamdi
    Imad Hamdi
    • Kamal
    Hamed Morsi
    • Abdel Mawjood
    Mahmoud Rashad
    Nahed Samir
    • Director
      • Hussein Kamal
    • Writers
      • Yusuf Francis
      • Ihsan Abdel Quddous
      • Saad Eldin Wahba
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    If we talk Halim ; where to start talk ?

    Abd El Halim wanted to represent a film with out singing ; he had a desire to prove his abilities as an actor but the disease did not allow him already he passed early before achieved many things he dreamed of . Although Halim act a role as an university student and he was 40 years more less but this did not mind the great successful for the film . Abd El Halim was not only the reason for success but the director Hussein Kamal who presented Halim differently from his previous films . The song Gana El Hawa consider the first video clip to be filmed in Arab cinema ; when Hussein Kamal depicted fast scenes between Abd El Halim and Nadia Lutfi unlike what was the usual filming in Egyptian cinema when the directors was depicted the song in one place with one scene . Behind scenes saw a small argument between Abd El Halim and Hussein Kamal during the filming of the song Doko El Shamasi ; Hussein Kamal was enthusiastic to show Abd El Halim as a cheerful young man so he wanted to filming Halim wears a swimming suit but Halim refused the directors requested so Hussein Kamal left the scene and was angry but Halim folow him and asked him to speak separately ; As they were together alone Halim took off his tshirt then Hussein Kamal looked at the body of Halim and found the traces of the surgical operation in his body and then he told him we will shoot the scene as your like . So far the film is banned to play in local Egyptian TV because it is considered by the standards of governmental censorship is the most daring in the films of Halim because it contains many kisses between Abd El Halim and Nadia Lutfi ; some even Criticize the film and called it a thousand kiss film but this did not prevent the success of the commercial film has continued to show in the cinemas for a year and was suspended by a decision of the Egyptian parliament .

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    • Trivia
      The writer of this story, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, often incorporated autobiographical tidbits into his stories. When he was a young man, he had an affair with a dancer which distressed his mother and led her to come retrieve him. In this movie, it is his father who comes to retrieve him.
    • Connections
      Featured in Zomergasten: Episode #20.3 (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Gana el Hawa
      Written by Baligh Hamdy and Mohamed Hamza

      Performed by Abdel Halim Hafez

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    • Release date
      • February 17, 1969 (Egypt)
    • Country of origin
      • Egypt
    • Language
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • My Father Is on the Tree
    • Filming locations
      • Alexandria, Egypt
    • Production company
      • Sawt al-Fann
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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