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The Black Candles

Original title: El-Shumoo el-Sawda
  • 1962
  • 2h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
308
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The Black Candles (1962)
DramaMusicalRomance

The film revolves around the young man, "Ahmed" (Saleh Selim) the young poet who was blinded in an accident while riding a horse when he saw the betrayal of his sweetheart, and then decided ... Read allThe film revolves around the young man, "Ahmed" (Saleh Selim) the young poet who was blinded in an accident while riding a horse when he saw the betrayal of his sweetheart, and then decided to live with his mother (Amina Rizk) and his friend, "Abdul Muti" (Fouad Elmohandes) in th... Read allThe film revolves around the young man, "Ahmed" (Saleh Selim) the young poet who was blinded in an accident while riding a horse when he saw the betrayal of his sweetheart, and then decided to live with his mother (Amina Rizk) and his friend, "Abdul Muti" (Fouad Elmohandes) in the countryside, and with his heart full of hatred for all women, he thought all women are t... Read all

  • Director
    • Ezz El Dine Zulficar
  • Writers
    • Dheyauddin Paipars
    • Ezz El Dine Zulficar
  • Stars
    • Nagat
    • Saleh Selim
    • Malak El Gamal
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    308
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ezz El Dine Zulficar
    • Writers
      • Dheyauddin Paipars
      • Ezz El Dine Zulficar
    • Stars
      • Nagat
      • Saleh Selim
      • Malak El Gamal
    • 1User review
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    Nagat
    • Iman Abdulrazeq
    • (as Nagat Al Saghira)
    Saleh Selim
    Saleh Selim
    • Ahmad Asem
    Malak El Gamal
    • Hikmat Numan
    Nawal Abou El Fotouh
    • Fatmah Mansoor
    Fouad El-Mohandes
    • Abdulmuti
    Thurayya Fakhry
    • Governess Halimah
    Hussein Ismail
    • Abu-Hummus station master
    • (as Husain Ismail)
    Abdel Azim Kamel
    • Optometrist Dr. Abdulbaqi
    • (as Abdulazim Kamel)
    Ahmed Louxor
    • Attorney general
    • (as Ahmad Loksar)
    Badr Nofal
    • Mansoor
    Qadriyyah Qadri
    • Iman's mother-in-law
    Amina Rizk
    Amina Rizk
    • Ahmad Asem's mother Ayshah
    • (as Aminah Rizq)
    Salah Sarhan
    • Fathi Asem
    Mohamed Shawqi
    • Chariot driver Nazir
    • (as Muhammad Shawqi)
    • Director
      • Ezz El Dine Zulficar
    • Writers
      • Dheyauddin Paipars
      • Ezz El Dine Zulficar
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    9king_Silver_fury

    Classic Masterpiece

    My heart rate slows down at the start of every winter. always looking for a story or a film from the era of the sixties (white and black) that fills my heart with passion, lending me some warmth and compassion lacking in the cold winter nights… The black candles, from our heart's saddest memories comes the pain of our heart. And cruel longing even if we are to move forward in our lives we find them haunting us ... what I said was the idea of the movie that I saw today .... the black candles, a state of calm psychological musical drama where you can feel (Eman) the heroine of the novel in all serenity and purity and love for those around her, and her love sweeping (Ahmed Assem) the blind who lit candles to himself as a joy after living years in the black candles left by the memory of his treacherous woman in writing the most beautiful poems, a must see movie that you can't miss.

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      The story is taken from the novel (Jane Eyre) by Charlotte Bronte in 1847 and was later simulated into an American series in 1983 and the film in 2011 of the same name and rotating at the same time as the novel simulates.

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    • Release date
      • May 13, 1962 (Egypt)
    • Country of origin
      • Egypt
    • Language
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Чёрные свечи
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 50m(170 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White

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