''Land of Hypocrisy'' ( ar, أرض النفاق,
translit. Ard el Nifaq) is a 1968 Egyptian
comedy-drama film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
by
Fatin Abdel Wahab
Fatin Abdel Wahab ( ar, فطين عبد الوهاب; 22 November 1913 – 12 May 1972) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 52 films between 1949 and 1970. His 1961 film ''Wife Number 13'' was entered into the 12th Berlin International Fi ...
, it is based on
Yusuf Sibai
Yusuf Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Wahab Al-Sibai ( ar, يوسف محمد محمد عبد الوهاب السباعي; June 17, 1917 – February 18, 1978), was an Egyptian writer and minister.
Early life and education
Sibai was born in 1919. He gra ...
's novel of the same name. The novel was depicted before in the 1950 film ''
Virtue for Sale''.
Cast
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Fouad El Mohandes as Masoud Abu El Saad
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Shwikar as Ilham
* Samiha Ayoub as Susu
* Hassan Mostafa as Uweiga Afandi (The manager)
* Abdelrahim El Zarakany as The shopkeeper
See also
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Cinema of Egypt
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 Inter ...
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Lists of Egyptian films
The following is a list of Egyptian films. The year order is split by decade. For an alphabetical list of films currently on Wikipedia, see :Egyptian films.
Pre 1920s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010 ...
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List of Egyptian films of the 1960s
Below are lists of films produced in Egypt in the 1960s.
*List of Egyptian films of 1960
*List of Egyptian films of 1961
*List of Egyptian films of 1962
*List of Egyptian films of 1963
*List of Egyptian films of 1964
*List of Egyptian films of 19 ...
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List of Egyptian films of 1968
References
External links
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Land of Hypocrisy on elCinema
1960s Arabic-language films
1968 films
1968 comedy-drama films
Egyptian comedy-drama films
Films based on Egyptian novels
Egyptian black-and-white films
Films directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab
Films shot in Egypt
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