The Unknown Woman ( aliases: The Anonymous Woman, arz, المرأة المجهولة, al-marʾa al-majhūla, El-Mara'a el-Maghola, Al-Murra Al-Maghoola, El murra el maghoula) 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 is based on the play ''

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''. The film features an

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that includes

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 ...

, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal El-Shennawi,

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 ...

and

Zahrat El-Ola Zahrat El-Ola (10 June 1934 – 18 December 2013) was an Egyptian actress, and was the second wife of Salah Zulfikar. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She is one of the iconic actresses in Egypt. E ...

. It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1961, the only African film to ever achieve that.

Plot

Fatima marries Dr. Ahmed and they give birth to Samir. She goes to visit her friend Souad, the police attack the place because it is suspicious and arrest everyone, including Fatima, she gets released but Ahmed divorces her. Fatima is forced to work as a singer in a Cabaret, the thug Abbas asks Fatima for a sum of money (a royalty) in order to protect her. Selling the lottery tickets, her son Samir becomes a famous lawyer, Abbas gets out of prison, and threatens Fatima in order to blackmail her family, so she kills him, then Ahmed is surprised by what she reached and regrets what he did to her, and her son Samir defends her and his father reveals her truth to him in public in court.

Staff

* Based on:

* Adaptation:

* Screenplay:

and Muhammad Othman * Director: Mahmoud Zulfikar * Production: Hassan Ramzy * Distribution: Al Nasr Films Company * Cinematography:

Abdel Halim Nasr 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 ...

Cast

Primary cast

as Fatima * Shoukry Sarhan as Samir * Kamal El-Shennawi as Abbas *

as Ahmed *

as Souad *

Najma Ibrahim Najma (Arabic: نجمة) or Al-Najma may refer to: Women with the given name *Najma Akhtar (born 1964), British singer of Indian ancestry * Najma Akhtar (academic) (born 1953), Indian academic and academic administrator * Najma Begum (born 1967), ...

as Amina Hanem *

Soher Al Bably Soheir El Bably ( ar, سهير البابلي; 14 February 1937 – 21 November 2021) was an Egyptian actress. Biography After completing secondary school, she attended the Institute of Theatrical Arts. She starred in the play ''Madraset El Mosh ...

as Aida *

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as Nanny

Supporting cast

Ahmed Lokser Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

* Ataouta * Fifi Youssef * Abdul Moneim Saudi

External links

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References

1959 films Egyptian drama films Films shot in Egypt Films directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar {{Egypt-film-stub