Movie·1944·2h 10m
Layla in the dark
Country
Egypt
Language
Arabic
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// overview
The Story
Original title: ليلى في الظلام
Hussein and Laila are children who pledge to love. Circumstances separate them and they meet after they grow up and their feelings are renewed, but Laila is exposed to an accident that loses her sight, so she decides to sacrifice her love so that Hussein can avoid life with a co-wife.
Cinematography
Abdel Halim Nasr
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
1 votes
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// cast
Cast
Leila Mourad
ليلى
Hussein Sedki
حسين
Anwar Wagdi
سمير
Amina Rizk
ام ليلى
Hassan Fayek
طباخ
Mahmoud El Meligy
طبيب العيون
Thuraya Fakhry
الدادة
Samiha Tawfiq
Abdel Meguid Shukry
أبو حسين
Mohamed El Qasabgi
كفيف
Mansi Fahmy
أبو ليلى
Rafeaa ElShal
أم حسين
Abdelsalam Al-Nabulsi
Zaki Ibrahim
الطبيب
Ibrahim Heshmat
الطبيب
// crew
Crew
Togo Mizrahi
Director, Writer
Abdel Halim Nasr
Director of Photography
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