''Aghla Min Hayati'' ( English: Dearer than my Life

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 ...

: ''أغلي من حياتي'') is

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

romantic drama 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 ...

film based on Fannie Hurst's novel Back street and directed by

Mahmoud Zulfikar Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (18 February 1914 – 22 May 1970) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. He was a major figur ...

. 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 ...

and

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 ...

Plot

Ahmed and Mona live a strong love story since childhood in Marsa Matrouh, and the only witness to their love was Naguib's uncle.. Ahmed proposes to Mona, but her father refuses his request on the pretext that Ahmed is still a student and that he has a long time to study abroad and that Mona is engaged to another person, Ahmed despairs Mona's father agreed to marry and travel abroad to complete his studies. As for Mona, she did not marry the other person. When he learned about her love story for Ahmed, and during Ahmed's travels, Mona learned that he married his son, the manager of the company in which he works, then Mona's father died, so she left Marsa Matrouh and worked in Cairo as a teacher. Ahmed has returned from abroad after seven years have passed, and he has two children, Adel and Mona. One day, Mona meets Ahmed by chance and learns that she has not married and that she still loves him. Then they marry and their marriage remains a secret that no one knows about except Naguib's uncle. After several years, Adel, Ahmed's son discovered his father's relationship with Mona and they confronted her and asked her to leave his father, so his father got angry so much that Ahmed had to announce in front of his son that Mona was his wife, and the matter ended with Ahmed's illness and a heart attack as a result of what happened, then his death after he instructed his son to take care of Mona.

Primary cast

as Ahmed *

as Mona *

Hussein Riad Hussein Mohamed Shafiq ( ar, حسين محمد شفيق, more commonly known by his stage name Hussein Riad ( ar, حسين رياض , (1897–1965) was an Egyptian actor, who mainly played "dad roles". His career spanned about 46 years and he appe ...

as Naguib *

Madiha Salem Madiha Salem ( ar, مديحة سالم; 2 October 1944 – 19 November 2015) was an Egyptian actress who appeared in 29 films, and 13 radio and TV serials. She is known for playing the "dreamy teenager" in Egyptian classics from the 1960s. Early ...

as Mona, Ahmed's daughter *

Sanaa Mazhar Sanaa Mazhar (; August 17, 1932 – August 6, 2018) was an Egyptian actress, one of the three girls in the film "Biyaa Al Jarid" with Magda al-Sabahi and Naima Akef, presented for many as one of the best cinematic works. Mazhar was born on 17 Au ...

as Seham, Ahmed's wife *Galal Issa as Adel, Ahmed's son

Reception

The love story between Ahmed and Mona became one of

Egyptian cinema 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 ...

classic love stories. And the two main characters

and

actually married while filming.

References

External links

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Dearer than my Life on elCinema
1965 films Egyptian black-and-white films Egyptian romantic drama films 20th-century Egyptian films 1960s Arabic-language films Films shot in Egypt 1965 romantic drama films {{Egypt-film-stub