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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 ...

: الأسطي المدير, translit: ''Elosta El Modeer'',

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: ''Handyman General Manager or The Engraver Manager'') is a

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starring

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

Laila Taher Laila Taher ( ar, ليلي طاهر) born Sherouette Moustafa Ibrahim ( ar, شيرويت مصطفي إبراهيم) is an Egyptian film, stage, television actress and presenter who is mostly known for her successful collaborations with Salah Zulf ...

Synopsis

The family of Hassanein, the senior government employee, suffers from financial troubles, making him unable to meet the needs of his family, a rich family proposes to marry their son Medhat to their daughter Mervat, so that the father falls into a financial predicament, which forces him to pursue the profession of engraver, in order to be able to meet his family's needs, which causes many problems.

Cast

* Fatma Mazhar * Mahmoud El-Gendy *

Mustafa Metwalli Mustafa Metwalli ( ar, مصطفى متولي) (born 1949 — died 5 August 2000) was a popular Egyptian movie and stage actor. He was primarily a comedian, but he played many different roles in Drama . Personal life He graduated in 1973 from ...

* Magdy Imam * Azza Gamal * Soad Hussein * Nazim Shaarawy * Gamal Ismail * Child: Raafat Maher * Abul Fotouh Amara * Anwar Madkour * Thanaa Lamloum * Mustafa al-Kawawi * Farouz al-Shahawi * Nazmi Rizk * Maysa Fathi * Samir Rostom * Hamdi Sharif * Awatef Abdel Fattah * Muhammadin Nassar * MousA Salem * Ahmed Abu Obeya * Muhammad al-Qassas * Sawsan Salem * Abdel Aziz Issa * Ahmed Badr * Mahmoud Hafnawi * Nawal Hashem * Farida Abdel Aal * Tawfiq al-Kurdi

Reception

The film was a critical success and discussed an important issue concerning economic problems for Egyptian families.

References

External links

* 1980s Egyptian films 1988 films 1980s Arabic-language films Films shot in Egypt Egyptian drama films {{Egypt-film-stub