''Ana al-Madi'' ( ar, أنا الماضي, ''I'm the Past'') is a classic 1951

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ian crime film. The film was written and directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar. It starred

Imad Hamdi Emad Hamdy ( ar, عماد حمدي, ; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) was an Egyptians, Egyptian actor. He was married to the Egyptian actress Shadia between 1953 and 1956. And between 1962 and 1975 he was married to the Egyptian actre ...

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Farid Shawqi Farid Shawqi Mohammad Abdou Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي محمد عبده شوقي) (July 30, 1920 in El Sayyeda Zainab – July 27, 1998 in Maadi); known as Farid Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي) was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter and film ...

, and

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 ...

Plot

Hamed is released from

prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, corre ...

after serving 20 years for a crime he did not commit. The crime was the murder of his close friend, Kamel. Kamel's murder was the result of an affair that his wife, Elham, was having with another man, Fareed, who was the murderer. Elham covered up for her lover's murder and Hamed was falsely jailed for the murder. Hamed wants to take his revenge for what Elham has done to his life. He looks for the couple, but he discovers that they have died. The only way to get his revenge would be from their daughter. He starts a relationship with her and marries her. After their

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, Hamed starts bedeviling and harassing her. He treats her as a crazy woman and an object. One day, she gets pregnant. Hamed's conscience puts a stop to his evil behavior and the emotions of becoming a father overcome him.

References

Film summary
Faten Hamama's official site. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
Movie details
''Aramovies.com''. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
Summary
''Adab wa Fan''. Retrieved on January 18, 2007.

External links

* 1952 films 1950s Arabic-language films 1952 crime films Egyptian crime films Egyptian black-and-white films Films directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar {{1950s-crime-film-stub