Movie·1954·1h 35m
Life or Death
Country
Egypt
Language
Arabic
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// overview
The Story
Original title: حياة أو موت
A man suffers from a heart attack so he sends his daughter to get medicine for him. After providing the medicine for the girl, the pharmacist discovers that he has unknowingly mixed a poisonous elixir. Reporting what happened to the police, the chief officer of Cairo starts an intriguing, full-fledged campaign to save the man before he takes the lethal medicine.
Written By
Ali El Zorkani
Producer
Assia Dagher
Cinematography
Ahmed Khorshed
Editor
Amirat Fayed
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Youssef Wahby
حكمدار العاصمة
Madiha Yousri
زوجة أحمد إبراهيم
Emad Hamdy
أحمد إبراهيم
Hussein Reyaad
الصيدلي
Rushdy Abaza
ظابط البوليس
Adly Kasseb
ضابط
Abdel Moneim Basyouni
مساعد الصيدلي
Abdel Qader AlMeseri
المدير
Rafeaa ElShal
والدة الزوجة
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
البواب النائم
Abdel Hamid Zaki
الأسطى شلبي
Mohsen Hassanein
شلبي (العشيق)
Anwar AlKhawam
صبي القهوجي
Rashwan Mustafa
Farouk Ali
راكب الدراجة
Shaladimo
الحرامي
Abdel Moneim Ismail
الزوج المخدوع
Hussein Kandil
// crew
Crew
Assia Dagher
Producer
Ahmed Khorshed
Director of Photography
Kamal El Sheikh
Director, Story
Ali El Zorkani
Writer
Amirat Fayed
Editor
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