Movie·1960·2h 10m
The Beginning and the End
Country
Egypt
Language
Arabic
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The Story
Original title: بداية ونهاية
Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.
Written By
Naguib Mahfouz, Salah Erzine
Cinematography
Kamal Karim
Music
Fouad El-Zahry
Editor
Emile Bahri
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
10 votes
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// cast
Cast
Omar Sharif
Hassanein
Sanaa Gamil
Nefisah
Farid Shawqy
Hassan
Kamal Hussein
Hussein
Amina Rizk
The Mother
Salah Mansour
The Grocer's Son
Amaal Farid
Bahiya
Abdel Khaleq Saleh
Hamed Morsi
Mohamed Hamdy
Samia Roshdy
Hussain Ismael
Thuraya Fakhry
Abdel Moneim Ismail
Mohamed Nabih
Uncle Jaber
Ahmed Shukry
Hassan Hassan Hassan
Mokhtar Hussain
Shushu Ezz El Din
// crew
Crew
Kamal Karim
Director of Photography
Salah Abu Seif
Director, Screenplay
Naguib Mahfouz
Writer
Salah Erzine
Screenplay
Emile Bahri
Editor
Fouad El-Zahry
Original Music Composer
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