Cairo 30
- Soad Hosny
- Ahmed Mazhar
- 31 October 1966 (1966-10-31)
Cairo 30 (Arabic: القاهرة 30, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif,[1] and based on Naguib Mahfouz's 1945 novel Modern Cairo.[2] The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.[3]
Cast
- Soad Hosny as Ihsan
- Ahmed Mazhar as The minister
- Hamdy Ahmed as Mahgoub Abdel Dayem
- Abdelmonem Ibrahim as Ahmed Bedier
- Tawfik El Deken as Shahata Tourky
- Abdelaziz Mikewy as Ali Taha
- Aqeila Rateb as The minister's wife
- Ahmed Tawfik as Salem El Ekshidy
- Bahiga Hafez as Ikram hanem
Synopsis
The film takes place in the 1930’s, when a young man named Mahjoub Abdeldayem (Hamdy Ahmed) comes from Upper Egypt to the slums of Cairo and gets to know a native of his village (Salem al-Ikhshidi) who offers a job lead. The job is to marry Ihsan (Soad Hosny), mistress of Qasim Bey (Ahmed Mazhar, on condition that Qasim visits her once a week.
See also
- List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
- Cairo 30 at IMDb
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