The Peacock (

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 ...

: ''الطاووس'' translit: ''Al-Tawous'') is an

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

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, ...

film released in 1982. It stars

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 ...

, Nour El Sherief,

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 Zul ...

and

Raghda Raghda Mahmoud Na'na ( ar, رغدة محمود نعنع, born 26 November 1957), better known by the monoynm Raghda, is a Syrian actress known for working in Egyptian cinema. She played Queen Zenobia of Palmyra in the 1997 Syrian soap opera '' A ...

and directed by

Kamal El Sheikh Kamal El Sheikh ( ar, كمال الشيخ; 2 February 1919 – 2 January 2004) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987, with eight of them in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. Selected filmography * '' Mala ...

Plot

Hussein in a forensic psychologist who was two sister nieces; Nadia and Samiha. Nadia is married to Hamdi and they live with Samiha, Hamdi is secretly in love with his wife's sister but he can't do anything about it, until one day he murder his wife and try to win her sister’s heart but her uncle Hussein knows about the crime of Hamdi and he tries with the help of the police to make him fall into their trap.

Cast

as Hussein * Nour El-Sherif as Hamdi *

as Nadia *

as Samiha * Salah Rashwan as Nabil * Adel Hashem as the investigator * Muhammad Safwat as Police officer * Fadia Okasha as Enayat * Diaa Al-Mirghani as The pickpocket * Youssef Al-Assal as Receptionist * Ikhlas Hosni * Bassem Sedky * Fouad Atallah * Mustafa Al-Mahdi * Nassif Abul-Enein * Hassan Totala * Samia Samy

Reception

The film was a box office and critical success. Main cast actor

won the state prize in best actor role.

References

External links

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The Peacock on elCinema
1982 films 1980s Arabic-language films 20th-century Egyptian films Films shot in Egypt Egyptian drama films Egyptian crime films Films directed by Kamal El Sheikh {{Egypt-film-stub

Plot

Cast

Reception

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