''Ana wa Banati'' ( arz, أنا و بناتى ,

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Egyptian film The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also referred to as Hollywood on the Nile. Since 1976, the capital has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the Intern ...

starring

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 ...

and

Nahed Sherif Nahed Sherif ( ar, ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial () and a Lycée Français du Caire ...

. The film is written and directed by Hussein Helmy El-Mohandess. The film features an

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that includes

Zaki Rostom Zaki Rostom ( arz, زكي رستم) (1903–1972) Zaki Moharram Mahmoud Rostom was an Egyptian actor. A Method acting, method actor known for portraying intimidating and often Asociality, asocial villains, Zaki is regarded as one of the influenti ...

, Amaal Farid,

Fayza Ahmed Fayza Ahmed ( ar, فايزة أحمد; December 5, 1934 – September 24, 1983) was a Syrian-Egyptian-Lebanese singer and actress. During her career, she appeared in six films. Early life Fayza Ahmed was born in 1934 in Damascus to a Syri ...

and

Zahrat El-Ola Zahrat El-Ola (10 June 1934 – 18 December 2013) was an Egyptian actress, and was the second wife of Salah Zulfikar. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She is one of the iconic actresses in Egypt. E ...

Plot

Samir is a playboy, he meets Maysa and likes her and she likes him back, but she didn't tell her father about her relationship. Her father is a struggling man but he can raise his four daughters well, but cannot provide enough money necessary to prepare them for marriage, and when he is referred to the pension, one of the swindlers takes his reward. The father enters the hospital as a result of an accident, and his daughters work to face life. One of them works as a singer in a hall, the second works as a model, the third writes stories and admires a great writer and takes him like her, and the fourth Maysa remains at home. The father knows their condition and decides to hide from sight. When Maysa loves Samir and falls into an affair with him, she decides to commit suicide and dies. Tragedy pushes the father back to reunite the family.

Crew

* Writer: Hussein El-Mohandes * Director: Hussein El-Mohandes * Produced by: Mina Films (Victor Antoine) * Distribution: Bahna Film * Soundtrack: Ibrahim Haggag * Cinematographer: Victor Antoine * Editor: Albert Naguib

Cast

Primary cast

as Samir *

as Maysa Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah *

as Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah * Amaal Farid as Mona Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah *

as Mervat Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah *

as Mahassin Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah * Abdel Moneim Ibrahim as Fahmy

Supporting cast

* Abdul-Ghani Al-Nagdi as Hamza * Ahmad Farhat as Zanbah * Edmond Twima as Ibrahim * Abdulghani Qamar as Bayoumi * Abdul Hamid Badawi as Bashndi * Saleh Mohamed Saleh as Maestro * Samira Mohamed as Fashion model * Samiya Rushdi as Hamza's mother) * Abbas Al-Dali as Afifi * Fathiya Shaheen as Owner of the Fashion Store * Saleh Al-Iskandarani as Gardener * Farid Abdullah as Poker player * Ali Kamel as Gaber * Ahmed Bali as Employee of a friend of Mahmoud * Ahmed Morsi as Shawish * Terry Kamel * Zainab Nassar

References

External links

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Ana wa Banati on elCinema
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ana wa Banati 1961 films Egyptian drama films 20th-century Egyptian films Egyptian black-and-white films 1960s Arabic-language films Films shot in Egypt