Among the Ruins ( arz, بين الأطلال, translit. Bain El Atlal) is a

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ian

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by the

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Ezz El-Dine Ahmed Mourad Zulficar (Egyptian Arabic: عز الدين ذو الفقار, ; October 28, 1919 – July 1, 1963) was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer known for his distinctive style, which blends romance and ...

and produced by the Egyptian

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. The film is based on a novel written by

Yusuf Sibai Yusuf Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Wahab Al-Sibai ( ar, يوسف محمد محمد عبد الوهاب السباعي; June 17, 1917 – February 18, 1978), was an Egyptian writer and minister. Early life and education Sibai was born in 1919. He gra ...

. The film stars

Faten Hamama Faten Ahmed Hamama ( ar, فاتن حمامه ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was o ...

Emad Hamdy Emad Hamdy ( ar, عماد حمدي, ; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) was an Egyptian actor. He was married to the Egyptian actress Shadia between 1953 and 1956. And between 1962 and 1975 he was married to the Egyptian actress Nadia E ...

and

. Hamama received an award for her performance and the film was listed in the

Top 100 Egyptian films Top 100 Egyptian films aliases: CIFF 100 Egyptian films or Greatest 100 Egyptian films in 20th century or Top 100 films in the centenary of Egyptian cinema (Egyptian Arabic: قائمة أفضل مئة فيلم في مئوية السينما الم ...

in 1996.

Plot

(

) plays Mona a university student who falls in love with her professor, Mahmoud (

), who is also a gifted writer. Mahmoud proposes to Mona but her mother refuses and Mona marries another man and leave Egypt. Years later after she returns to Egypt, Mona visits a sick Mahmoud in a hospital. Mahmoud expresses his love to Mona as he lies in his deathbed. And Mona’s son Kamal (

) falls in love with Mahmoud’s daughter Mona (Sophie Tharwat).

Cast

as Mona *

as Mahmoud *

as Kamal *

Fouad El-Mohandes Fouad Zaki Mohamed el-Mohandes ar, فؤاد زكي محمد المهندس; known as Fouad el-Mohandes (or Fuad el-Mohandess; ar, فؤاد المهندس; September 6, 1924 – September 16, 2006) was an Egyptian stage and screen actor, and st ...

as Abdel Moneim *Sophie Tharwat as Mona Mahmoud *Rawhiyya Khaled *

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References

External links

* 1959 films 1950s Arabic-language films 1950s romance films Egyptian black-and-white films Egyptian romance films Films directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar {{1950s-romance-film-stub