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People on the Top

Original title: Ahl el qema
  • 1981
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
260
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People on the Top (1981)
ArabicDrama

Zaatar a thief decide to quit and start an honored work, find himself working for corrupted businessman.Zaatar a thief decide to quit and start an honored work, find himself working for corrupted businessman.Zaatar a thief decide to quit and start an honored work, find himself working for corrupted businessman.

  • Director
    • Ali Badr Khan
  • Writers
    • Ali Badr Khan
    • Naguib Mahfouz
  • Stars
    • Fayza Abduljawad
    • Mahmoud Al Qalaawi
    • Umran Bahar
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    260
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    • Director
      • Ali Badr Khan
    • Writers
      • Ali Badr Khan
      • Naguib Mahfouz
    • Stars
      • Fayza Abduljawad
      • Mahmoud Al Qalaawi
      • Umran Bahar
    • 1User review
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    Fayza Abduljawad
      Mahmoud Al Qalaawi
      Umran Bahar
      Ezzat El Alaili
      Ezzat El Alaili
      • Mohamed Fawzi
      Omar El-Hariri
      • Zaghloul Rafaat
      • (as Umar El-Hariri)
      Nour El-Sherif
      Nour El-Sherif
      Metawee Eweiss
      Nadia Ezzat
      Soad Hosny
      Soad Hosny
        Hassan Hussein
        Tawfiq Al Kurdi
        Sabry Abdel Moniem
        Nabil Nour El Deen
        Ibrahim Qadry
          Nadia Rafiq
            Salah Rashwan
            Aida Riyad
            • Gelgela
            • (as Ayda Reyad)
            • Director
              • Ali Badr Khan
            • Writers
              • Ali Badr Khan
              • Naguib Mahfouz
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            8HadiAriyan07

            A Fantastic Piece of Egyptian Cinema

            I loved the direction and the wonderful cast who give it all in this beautiful story. The script full of political and social commentary on this period of egypt. I watched the movie alot with my mom when I was young, thankfully I had the chance to watch again when I was grown up.

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              Official submission of Egypt for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 54th Academy Awards in 1982.

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            • Release date
              • 1981 (Egypt)
            • Country of origin
              • Egypt
            • Language
              • Arabic
            • Production company
              • Abd el Azim Films
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              • 1h 58m(118 min)
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