Movie·1955·1h 30m
The Fools Alley
Country
Egypt
Language
Arabic
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The Story
Original title: درب المهابيل
Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.
Written By
Naguib Mahfouz
Cinematography
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Editor
Hussein Afify
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Shoukry Sarhan
طة - صبى العجلاتى
Berlanty Abdel Hamid
خديجة عزوز
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
عبده عماره
Abdel Ghani Qamar
قفه - الأبله
Nadia Al Sabei
سنيه بيومى - العاهره
Hassan El Baroudy
الأسطى عماره - العجلاتى
Saad Ardash
شيخ الزاوية
Rafeaa ElShal
فاطمة - والدة خديجه
Ahmed Abaza
المتشرد
Shafiq Nour ElDein
مدبولى الفوال
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
المعلم مهنى - تاجر الموبيليا المستعملة
Ahmed ElGezeiry
المعلم شلبى - صاحب القهوه
Motawie Eweiss
بندق - صبى القهوة
Samiha Mohamed
الجاره
Abdel Aziz Ahmad
الشيخ عزوز - والد خديجه
Elham Zaki
بائعة اليانصيب
Agami Abdel Rahman
رجل فى الحاره
// crew
Crew
Tawfiq Saleh
Director, Writer
Naguib Mahfouz
Writer
Hussein Afify
Editor
Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar
Story
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Director of Photography
Saeed El-Sheikh
Editor
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