My Father Deceived Me (

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: My Father Tricked Me ar, خدعني أبي, translit. ''Khadaini abi'') is a

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Egyptian film 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 Intern ...

written and directed by

Mahmoud Zulfikar Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (18 February 1914 – 22 May 1970) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. He was a major figur ...

. It stars

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and

Taheyya Kariokka Taheyya Kariokka ( ar, تحية كاريوكا) also Tahiya Carioca (born Badaweya Mohamed Kareem Ali Elnedany), (February 22, 1915 – September 20, 1999) was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress. Early life Born in the Egyptia ...

Plot

Kawthar is a girl who works in the telephone service, and is in love with Mamdouh, a poor young man. Mamdouh proposes to marry Kawthar, but her father refuses and sees that she must marry Shaaban, the rich man, and under her father's pressure, Kawthar marries Shaaban, and lives in his villa in which she resides with him and his daughter who has a mental illness. One of the misfits tries to kill Shaaban, but by chance Mamdouh saves him from fate, and Shaaban could not reward him except by entrusting him with managing the casino he owns, in a confrontation between Kawthar and the villa's maid, the maid declares to her that she is Shaaban's wife, and this is a secret between them, and she also told her that Shaaban, this rich man, is nothing but a forger of money. Others he controls so as not to reveal his secret, Kawthar manages to report Shaaban and brings the police to arrest him and his gang, but the maid rushes and kills Shaaban, and at the end Mamdouh marries Kawthar.

Crew

* Directed by:

* Story:

Aziza Amir Aziza Amir ( ar, عزيزة أمير; 17 December 1901 – 28 February 1952) was an Egyptian actress, producer, and screenwriter. She has legendary status in Egyptian film. She was the first wife of Mahmoud Zulfikar. Early life and career Aziza A ...

* Screenplay: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Aziza Amir * Dialogue: Saleh Gawdat * Director of Photography: Mostafa Hassan * Editing: Albert Naguib * Production: Mahmoud Zulfikar films – Aziza Amir films * Distribution: Bahna films * Songwriting:

Bayram al-Tunisi Bayram al-Tunisi () (born in 1893 in Alexandria, Egypt as Maḥmūd Muḥammad Muṣṭafā Bayram () - died 1961), was an Egyptian poet with Tunisian roots. He was exiled from Egypt by the British for his Egyptian nationalist poetry. Early life ...

, Fathi Kora * Songs composed by:

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, Ahmed Sidqi, Youssef Saleh,

Mohammed El-Bakkar Mohammed El-Bakkar ( ar, محمد البكار; died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States, September 8, 1959) was a Lebanese tenor, ''oud'' player, and conductor. El-Bakkar was a noted tenor and appeared in several Arabic-language films, mo ...

Cast

Primary cast

: (Mamdouh) *

: (Kawthar) *

: (the Dancer Taheyya) *

Stephan Rosti Stephan Rosti ( arz, استفان روستى ) (16 November 1891 – 22 May 1964) was an Egyptian actor and film director who lived and worked in Egypt. Personal Rosti's mother was an Italian Egyptian dancer. She was performing in Egypt w ...

: (Shaaban Bey - Kawthar's husband) * Zahrat El-Ola: (Naima - daughter of Shaaban) *

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: (Fatima) *

Mahmoud Shokoko Mahmoud Shokoko ( ar, محمود شكوكو; 1 May 1912 – 12 February 1985) was an Egyptian actor and artist. He is best known for his puppet character "Aragouzsho". Early days “Mahmoud Shokoko", whose real name is "Mahmoud Ibrahim Ismai ...

: (Crusoe - Mamdouh's friend) *

: (singer Bakkar) * Herimin: (show dancer) * Mohammed Sobeih: (waiter) * Abdul-Ghani El-Nagdi: (Seller of Robabikia) * Sanaa Samih: (Rajaa - Kawthar's aunt) * Mohsen Hassanein: (from the gang) * Abdel Moneim Bassiouni: (employee) * Abdulaziz Ahmed: (Kawthar's father)

Supporting cast

* Selim Bastawy * Thoraya * Abdul Moneim Ismail * Muhammed Hassan Dawood * Kamel Othman Kanti * Inshirah El-Alfi * Nadia El-Sabaa

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:My Father Deceived Me Egyptian black-and-white films 1951 films 1951 drama films Egyptian drama films 1950s Arabic-language films