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The Poetess
The Poetess

Movie·2017·1h 30m

The Poetess

Country

Germany

Language

Arabic

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Hissa Hilal - Eine Stimme hinter dem Schleier

The story of Hissa Hilal, a Saudi woman who used her reality-television fame to speak against religious extremism.

Producer

Andreas Wolff

Editor

Hansjörg Weißbrich

Themes

saudi arabia

Production House

ARTE
Brockhaus/Wolff Films
ZDF

Audience Score

70%

1 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

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// cast

Cast

Hissa Hilal

Herself - Poetess

Mastoura Al-Ahmadi

Herself

Ziad Batal

Himself

Stefanie Brockhaus

Himself - Interviewer (voice)

Maged Fakhr

Himself

// crew

Crew

Hansjörg Weißbrich

Hansjörg Weißbrich

Editor

Andreas Wolff

Producer, Director, Writer

Anja Pohl

Editor

Stefanie Brockhaus

Director, Writer

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