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.
Hassan Al-Imam
Director
Saad al-Din Wahbah
Writer
Shadia
Hameeda
Salah Qabil
Abbas Al-Helou
Hassan Youssef
Hussein
Yousuf Shaaban
Farag
Samia Gamal
Shukriya
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Zaita
Aqeila Rateb
Adeela Al-Balanna
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
Sanqar
Abdel Warith Assir
Hajj Kamel
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