''The Leech'' ( ar, Shabab emraa, also known as ''A Woman's Youth'') is a 1956 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
Salah Abu Seif
Salah Abu Seif ( ar, صلاح أبو سيف, ) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, and is considered to be the godfather of Neorealist cinema in Egyptian cinema. Many of the 41 films he direct ...
. It was entered into the
1956 Cannes Film Festival
The 9th Cannes Film Festival was held from 23 April to 10 May 1956. The Palme d'Or went to ''The Silent World'' by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle. The festival opened with ''Marie-Antoinette reine de France'', directed by Jean Delannoy and ...
.
Cast
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Shadia
Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker ( ar, فاطمة أحمد كمال شاكر; 8 February 193128 November 2017), better known by her stage name Shadia ( ar, شادية, ''Shādiyya''), was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in l ...
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Taheya Cariocca
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 Egypti ...
as Shafaat
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Shukry Sarhan
Mohamed Shoukry El Husseiny Sarhan (1925–1997, ar, محمد شُكري الحسيني سرحان, Muḥammad Shukrī al-Ḥusaynī Sirḥān), better known as Shoukry Sarhan ( ar, شُكري سرحان, Shukrī Sirḥān), was an Egyptian ...
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Abdel Warith Assir
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
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Seraj Munir
Seraj Munir (1901–1957) was an Egyptian film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1930 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* '' The Leech'' (1956)
* '' Al-Malak al-Zalem'' (1954)
* '' Lahn al-Kholood'' (1952)
* ''Amina'' (1951)
* ''Kursi al-I`t ...
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Ferdoos Mohammed
Ferdoos Mohammed (; 13 July 1906 in Egypt – 22 September 1961) was an Egyptian actress, famous for playing the role of a mother or a motherly figure lady in Egyptian films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Partial filmography
* ''Ibn El-balad''
* '' ...
as Mother
References
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1956 films
1950s Arabic-language films
1956 drama films
Egyptian black-and-white films
Films directed by Salah Abu Seif
Egyptian drama films
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