Among the Ruins[1] (Egyptian Arabic: بين الأطلال, translit. Bain el Atlal) is a 1959 Egyptian romance film directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and produced by the Egyptian film producers; Salah Zulfikar and Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.
| Among the Ruins بين الأطلال | |
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| Directed by | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar |
| Written by | Yusuf Sibai Mohamed Osman Ezz El-Dine Zulficar |
| Produced by | Salah Zulfikar |
| Starring | Faten Hamama Emad Hamdy Salah Zulfikar |
| Cinematography | Wahid Farid |
| Edited by | Albert Naguib |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
The film is based on a novel written by Yusuf Sibai. It stars Faten Hamama, Emad Hamdy and Salah Zulfikar. Hamama received an award for her performance and the film was listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films in 1996.[2][3]
Plot
editMona (Faten Hamama) is a university student who falls in love with her professor Mahmoud (Emad Hamdy), who is also a gifted writer. Mahmoud proposes to Mona but her mother refuses and Mona marries another man and leaves the country. Years later after she returns, Mona visits a sick Mahmoud in a hospital. Mahmoud expresses his love to Mona as he lies in his deathbed. And Mona’s son Kamal (Salah Zulfikar) falls in love with Mahmoud’s daughter (Sophie Tharwat).[2][4][5]
Cast
edit- Faten Hamama as Mona
- Emad Hamdy as Mahmoud
- Salah Zulfikar as Kamal
- Fouad El-Mohandes as Abdel Moneim
- Sophie Tharwat as Mona Mahmoud
- Rawhiyya Khaled
- Samiha Ayoub
References
edit- ^ Bain el atlal (1959) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-07-28
- ^ a b "Bain el Atlal" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official website. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- ^ "Top 100 Egyptian Films (CIFF)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ بين الأطلال (in Arabic). Arabic Movies. Archived from the original on May 25, 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- ^ Fahim, Joseph (February 13, 2007). "The 12 Greatest Romantic Movies of All Time". Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
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