''Empire M'' ( ar, إمبراطورية ميم, translit. Emberatoriet meem) is a 1972 Egyptian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
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'' ...
. The film was entered into the
8th Moscow International Film Festival
The 8th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1973. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film '' That Sweet Word: Liberty!'' directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius and the Bulgarian film '' Affection'' directed by L ...
in 1973. It was also 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 46th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Cast
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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 ...
as Mother (Mona)
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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 1938Dawlad Abiad as Granny
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Seif Abol Naga
Saif ( ar, سيف, links=no) is an Arabic name that means ''sword'' or ''scimitar''. also, it means the protector of something''.
Saif , SAIF, or Seif may also refer to:
Military
*Arab sword, an Arabian sword of pre-Islamic origin
*Scimitar, a c ...
as Mostafa (as Khaled Abol Naga)
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Hesham Selim
Hesham Selim ( ar, هشام سليم; 27 January 1958 – 22 September 2022) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He’s the son of Saleh Selim. He acted in many movies and television series since his childhood.
Career
Selim's first acti ...
as Son
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Hayat Kandeel
Hayat or Hayet is an Arabic word which means "life".
People
* Hayat Boumeddiene, common law wife of Amedy Coulibaly, who perpetrated the Montrouge shooting in France in 2015
*Hayat Kabasakal, Turkish management academic
* Malik Asif Hayat, chair ...
as Daughter
See also
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List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ...
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List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Egypt has submitted films for consideration for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1958, when Youssef Chahine's ''Cairo Station'' became both the first African and the first Arab film to contend for the award.
The Foreign ...