The Guilty (
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 ...
: المذنبون
translit
Informal or ''ad hoc'' romanizations of Cyrillic have been in use since the early days of electronic communications, starting from early e-mail and bulletin board systems.[crime thriller
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...]
based on a story of Egyptian writer
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
and directed by Said Marzouk. The film features an
ensemble cast
In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that is composed of multiple principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17
Structure
In contrast to ...
that includes
Hussein Fahmy
Hussein Fahmy ( ar, حسين فهمي; born 22 March 1940) is an Egyptian actor. He worked in the film and television industry for more than 50 years, specializing in film directing and appearing in over 100 film, television, and theatre productio ...
,
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 ...
,
Emad Hamdy
Emad Hamdy ( ar, عماد حمدي, ; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) was an 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 actress Nadia E ...
,
Kamal El-Shennawi
Mohammed Kamal el-Shennawi ( ar, محمد كمال الشناوي, ; December 26, 1921 – August 22, 2011) was an Egyptian film and television actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor perf ...
,
Zubaida Tharwat
Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat ( ar, زبيدة أحمد ثروت) (June 15, 1940 – December 13, 2016) was an Egyptian film, stage and television actress who was known for "the most beautiful eyes in classic Egyptian cinema". She was known for movies s ...
and featuring
Soheir Ramzi
Soheir Ramzi (; born 3 March 1950) is an Egyptian actress.
Early life and career
Her mother is Dorreya Ahmed who is also an actress. Ramzi's first appearance in the cinema when she was approximately six years old, through their appearance in ...
as Sanaa Kamel, among others. The events of the film center around a murder in which the actress Sanaa Kamel is the victim, and the investigations that extend to all those connected with the dead woman, until the investigations also reach to its branching relationships with several prominent and influential people in power showing all types of corruption in the society at the time. ''The Guilty'' was released in 1976 and is listed in the Top 100 films in Egyptian cinema of the 20th century.
Plot
Famous actress Sanaa Kamel gets killed in her bed, and the investigator begins to search for the killer, summoning all the invitees who were in her house the night of her death, starting from her fiancé, who reported the crime that he heard someone stabbing his wife while he was calling her, to the school principal who leaked the exam, and the director of the association, the one who sells subsidized goods to the rich and delivers them to them at home, and Hafez the head of the contracting company who helps the actress build buildings, and cheats on his friend with his wife on the same night, including the actress Sanaa, to the young stallion who sells his body to the actress while at the same time plotting his plan to steal the treasury of an institution, there is also a man at the top of power who frequents the actress's bed in order to have a good time. Everyone who was at the party is arrested, after the prosecution revealed that the crimes they committed during the concert were no less than the murder of an actress in her bed. The investigator discovers the disappearance of a precious earring was with the actress and knows that its owner is the mother of the preacher, and her fiancé, the director, admits that he killed her out of jealousy, as he saw her in bed with a man of authority.
Primary cast
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Hussein Fahmy
Hussein Fahmy ( ar, حسين فهمي; born 22 March 1940) is an Egyptian actor. He worked in the film and television industry for more than 50 years, specializing in film directing and appearing in over 100 film, television, and theatre productio ...
as Ahmed
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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 ...
as Hafez
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Suhair Ramzi
Soheir Ramzi (; born 3 March 1950) is an Egyptian actress.
Early life and career
Her mother is Dorreya Ahmed who is also an actress. Ramzi's first appearance in the cinema when she was approximately six years old, through their appearance in ...
as Sanaa Kamel
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Emad Hamdy
Emad Hamdy ( ar, عماد حمدي, ; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) was an 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 actress Nadia E ...
as Alif
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Kamal El-Shennawi
Mohammed Kamal el-Shennawi ( ar, محمد كمال الشناوي, ; December 26, 1921 – August 22, 2011) was an Egyptian film and television actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor perf ...
as Senior statesman
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Zubaida Tharwat
Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat ( ar, زبيدة أحمد ثروت) (June 15, 1940 – December 13, 2016) was an Egyptian film, stage and television actress who was known for "the most beautiful eyes in classic Egyptian cinema". She was known for movies s ...
as Mona
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Yusuf Shaaban as Tahseen
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Adel Adham
Adel Adham ( ar, عادل أدهم; March 8, 1928 – February 1, 1996) was an Egyptian villain actor. He was known for his portrayal of evil and ambiguous characters.
Career
Adel Adham was born on March 8, 1928, in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egy ...
as Mamdouh
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Samir Ghanem
Samir Yousef Ghanem ( ar, سمير يوسف غانم; 15 January 1937 – 20 May 2021) was an Egyptian comedian, singer, and entertainer.
Career
Ghanem was born in al-ʿAtawlah, Asyut Governorate. He earned a bachelor's degree in Agriculture f ...
El faseq
* Wahid Seif as Samy
* Ibrahim Khan as Thief
*Hayat Qandeel as Amina
* Samir Sabry as himself
* Omar El Hariri as Hussein
* Tawfik Al-Deqen as Fahmy
Reception
“Egyptian Censorship authority of artistic works” did not go through a crisis like that experienced in 1977 because of the film, The Guilty. The censor's permission to show the film led to the punishment of all the censorship calibres responsible for this permission..It also led to the issuance of new censorship laws. The Guilty was the fourth feature film by director Said Marzouk The story was written by
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
while the script and dialogue was written by Mamdouh El-Leithy, its events revolve in the form of a police investigation about the murder of a famous film actress during one of the nights, which included a large group of the various personalities of society..When these personalities are investigated as being accused of the crime of murder, it becomes clear that each of them has a crime of corruption no less than murder in its ugliness..This is a school headmaster who leaks the exam..and this is a doctor who performs abortions..and this is an engineer who cheats in construction. And so on.
The film was blatant in exposing corruption in a way that seems strange to Egyptian cinema.. In addition to containing a large number of daring sexual scenes..But the film's screening in the official competition for the first session of the
Cairo International Film Festival
The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year sin ...
and its excellent reception by international critics made the censors tend to the film that was allowed to be shown, especially since the movie
Al-Karnak around which censorship problems revolved in 1975 had been decided to show it by a political decision, which means that the world-state trend tends to encourage freedom of expression..Indeed, the censors agreed to show the film, which happened on September 23, 1976. In addition to displaying it in several Arab capitals.
After the film was shown, the
Parliament
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received many letters from Egyptians working abroad calling for opposition of the film, because it offends them in the countries in which they work, as it exposes the deviations of Egyptian society and the corruption of many of its segments. The Council referred these letters to the Minister of Information and Culture at that time, Dr. Gamal Al-Atifi to take the necessary action. He decided to stop showing the film and transfer its entire censorship file to the Administrative Prosecution to punish the agency..Then he issued Resolution No. 220 of 1976 regarding tightening the basic rules for censorship of artistic works, a decision that filmmakers considered a crime against
Egyptian cinema
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 ...
, as the most important of its provisions was to ban all scenes, movements and phrases with sexual significance, prohibiting dance scenes, not showing crimes of revenge and taking revenge, not displaying suicide, not presenting social problems in a way that calls for spreading despair in the hearts of the masses. As for the oversight body, its head, “Excellent Moderation,” was referred to retirement and transferred, along with 14 others from the agency, to the Supreme Disciplinary Court on charges of gross breach of job duties.''
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See also
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Egyptian cinema
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 ...
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Salah Zulfikar on screen, stage and television
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List of Egyptian films of the 1970s
Below are lists of films produced in Egypt in the 1970s.
*List of Egyptian films of 1970
*List of Egyptian films of 1971
*List of Egyptian films of 1972
*List of Egyptian films of 1973
*List of Egyptian films of 1974
*List of Egyptian films of 19 ...
References
External links
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The Guilty on elCinema
1975 films
1970s Arabic-language films
1975 crime films
Egyptian crime films
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