A Taste of Fear (

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: Something of Fear or A Bit of Fear or Something from Fear or A Touch of Fear,

Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian ( ar, العامية المصرية, ), or simply Masri (also Masry) (), is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic dialect in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and o ...

: ''شئ من الخوف'',

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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 ...

directed by

Hussein Kamal Hussein Kamal () (17 August 1932 – 24 March 2003) was an Egyptian television, film and theatre director. He is considered to be an important director of traditional Egyptian cinema. One of his most famous films is ''Chitchat on the Nile'' ...

and produced by

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 ...

. The film is based on a short story by the great writer Tharwat Abaza, but the greatest credit for the political projections is the result of the modifications made by

Abdel Rahman El-Abnudi Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi ( ar , عبد الرحمن الأبنودي , translit=ʻAbd il-Raḥmān Abnūdī , translit-std=ALA, 11 April 1938 – 21 April 2015) was a popular Egyptian poet, and later a children's books writer. He was one of a gener ...

to the script. The film was filmed in black and white, despite the possibility of filming in color, due to the spread of color films at this time, due to the director Hussein Kamal's exploitation of black and white shades in a skill that would not have been possible if it had been filmed in color. The film was nominated for the

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

best film award. ''A Taste of Fear'' is listed in the CIFF Top 100 Egyptian films of the 20th century.

Plot

The story takes place in an Egyptian village where Atris (Mahmoud Morsi) imposes his authority on the people of the village and imposes royalties on them. Atris had been in love with Fouadah (Shadia) since his childhood, but Fouada challenges Atris by opening the lock, which he closed as punishment for the villagers, and because Atris loves Fouadah, he cannot kill her, so he decides to marry her. Hafez (Muhammad Tawfik) Fouada's father cannot disobey the order of Atris, so he marries her to him with false witness testimony. Because of this false marriage, Sheikh Ibrahim (Yehia Chahine) confronts Atris and kills Atris Mahmoud, the son of Sheikh Ibrahim. The scene of the end comes with the scene of Mahmoud's funeral, in which Sheikh Ibrahim repeats his famous sentence, “Atris’s marriage from Fouada is invalid.” All the people of the village repeat behind Sheikh Ibrahim, and they head to the house of Atris, who cannot resist all the people of the village together.

Main cast

Shadia Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker ( ar, فاطمة أحمد كمال شاكر; 8 February 193128 November 2017), better known by her stage name Shadia ( ar, شادية, ''Shādiyya''), was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in l ...

* Mahmoud Morsi *

Yehia Chahine Yehia Chahine ( ar, يحيى شاهين, ) (28 July 1917 – 18 March 1994) was an Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theatre. He is most notable for his role in the film adaptations of the '' Cairo Trilogy'', a trilogy written by ...

* Amal Zayed * Mohammed Tawfik * Salah Nazmi * Ahmed Tawfik * Samira Mohsen * Mahmoud Yassin *

Poussi Poussi, Poussy or Boussy ( ar, بوسي) real name Safenaz Moustafa Adry ( arz, صافيناز مصطفى قدري; born 26 November 1953) is a Cairo-born Egyptian actress. Filmography * ''Shey Min El Khouf (“ A Taste of Fear “'', 1969) ...

* Hassan El Sobky * Wafik Fahmy

Production

The film has a lot of symbolism, as Atris symbolizes the dictator, and the villagers symbolize the people who fall under the tyranny. Fouada symbolizes Egypt, which the dictator can not be happy with. Some critics pointed out that this film may symbolize the period of Gamal Abdel Nasser's rule, and others pointed out that it may symbolize the period of King Farouk's rule, as some said that it symbolizes any dictatorial rule, tyranny and oppression in general.

said: The enemies of success have spread a rumor to the effect that by Atris we mean President

Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...

. A storm occurred and the film was ready to be shown, and

Salah Zulfikar Films Salah Zulfikar Films ( ar, شركة أفلام صلاح ذو الفقار) is a film production company established in 1962 in Cairo, Egypt. It operated in the Middle East and North Africa since 1962 until 1978. Establishment Salah Zulfikar ...

already published all posters were filling the streets.

watched the film and watched it again with

Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...

. After the second viewing, Gamal Abdel Nasser was convinced that it could not be the character of Atris and allowed the film to be shown.

References

External links

*
A Taste of Fear on elCinema
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taste of Fear 1969 films 20th-century Egyptian films 1960s Arabic-language films Films shot in Egypt

Plot

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