''A Bullet in the Heart'' ( ar, رصاصة في القلب; translit: ''Rosasa Fil Qalb'') is a 1964 Egyptian comedy play written by

Tawfiq El-Hakim Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim ( arz, توفيق الحكيم, ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. The triumphs and failures that ar ...

and directed by

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. It is based on Tawfiq El-Hakim's play with the same name. It stars

Salah Zulfikar Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...

. This play is one of three plays of El-Hakim, in which the conclusion was open and unconvincing in that way, and it was Salah Zulfikar’s theatrical debut.

Synopsis

The events revolve around Naguib, who has a dire financial situation, who falls in love with the girl Fifi at first sight and does not know who she is, so he tells his friend, Dr. Sami, the story and she’s originally his friend’s fiancé.

Primary cast

as Naguib *

Laila Taher Laila Taher ( ar, ليلي طاهر) born Sherouette Moustafa Ibrahim ( ar, شيرويت مصطفي إبراهيم) is an Egyptian film, stage, television actress and presenter who is mostly known for her successful collaborations with Salah Zul ...

as Fifi * Waheed Ezzat as Dr. Sami * Abdul Mohsen Saleem * Ahmed Hussein * Badruddin Hassanein

References

External links

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A Bullet in the Heart on elCinema
Egyptian plays 1964 plays Arabic-language plays {{1960s-play-stub