''Cairo 30'' ( ar, القاهرة 30,
translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian
drama film
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directed by
Salāḥ Abu Seif
Salah Abu Seif ( ar, صلاح أبو سيف, ) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, and is considered to be the godfather of Neorealism (art), Neorealist cinema in Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian cine ...
,
and based on
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
's 1945 novel ''Modern Cairo''. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
39th Academy Awards
The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.
Only two of the Best Picture nominees were nominated fo ...
, but was not accepted as a nominée.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Soad Hosny
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as Ihsan
*
Ahmed Mazhar
Ahmed Hafez Mazhar ( ar, أحمد حافظ مظهر, ʾAḥmad Ḥāfeẓ Mazāhar; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938[Hamdy Ahmed
Hamdy Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa ( ar, حمدى أحمد محمد خليفة; 9 November 1933, Sohag, Egypt – 8 January 2016) was an Egyptian actor. He is known for his role as Mahjoub Abdel Dayem in the film ''Cairo 30'' (1966). Ahmed was a parli ...]
as Mahgoub Abdel Dayem
* Abdelmonem Ibrahim as Ahmed Bedier
* Tawfik El Deken as Shahata Tourky
* Abdelaziz Mikewy as Ali Taha
* Aqeila Rateb as The minister's wife
* Ahmed Tawfik as Salem El Ekshidy
*
Bahiga Hafez
Bahiga Hafez ( ar, بهيجة حافظ, 13 December 1908 – 4 August 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter, composer, director, editor, producer and actress.
Personal life
Bahiga Hafez was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt to an aristocratic ...
as Ikram hanem
See also
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References
External links
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1966 films
1966 drama films
Egyptian drama films
1960s Arabic-language films
Films directed by Salah Abu Seif
Films based on works by Naguib Mahfouz
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