''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 ...
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.
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 ...
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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
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Abdel Warith Assir
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Seraj Munir
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Ferdoos Mohammed as Mother
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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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