''This Is Love'' ( ar, هذا هو الحب transliterated as ''Hatha howa al’ob'') is an

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ian film released on October 22, 1958. The film is 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 ...

, features a screenplay written by Muhammed Kamel Hassan al-Mohami, and stars

Lobna Abdel Aziz Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Lobna Abdelaziz or Lobna Abd- el-aziz ( arz, لبنى عبد العزيز; born August 1, 1935) is an Egyptian actress. Family Her father was Egyptian author Hamed Abdelaziz. In her early life she was married outside Egy ...

and

Yehia Chahine Yehia Chahine ( ar, يحيى شاهين, ) (28 July 1917 – 18 March 1994) was an Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theatre. He is most notable for his role in the film adaptations of the '' Cairo Trilogy'', a trilogy written by ...

Plot

Hussein is a

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in his town with an unusual mentality. He is conservative and committed to finding a virgin wife, and he sees Sharifa as a suitable prospect. He proposes and she agrees. However, ten days into the marriage, Hussein discovers his wife has a romantic past and sees her as a fallen woman, leading her to suffer greatly from the consequent divorce.

Cast

(Sharifa) *

(Hussein) *

Hussein Riad Hussein Mohamed Shafiq ( ar, حسين محمد شفيق, more commonly known by his stage name Hussein Riad ( ar, حسين رياض , (1897–1965) was an Egyptian actor, who mainly played "dad roles". His career spanned about 46 years and he appe ...

(Sharifa's father) * Mahmoud Azmy (Fouad) * Abdel Moneim Ibrahim (Tawfiq) *

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(Bahgat) * Mary Mounib (Hussein's mother) *

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'' * '' ...

(Sharifa's mother) * Soheir El-Barouni (Samiha) * Salah Abdulhameed (spice miller in the poor neighborhood) * Shafik Nour El Din (cabaret founder) * Gamalat Zayed (Mrs. Zaha) * Kamal Anwar * Abdel Moneim Ismail (Ali, a

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) * Zein el-Ashmawy (Fouad's friend) *

Zeinat Olwi Zeinat Olwi ( ar, زينات علوي) whose stage name was Zurah, (1930–1988) was one of the leading belly dancers in Egypt in the middle of the twentieth century. She appeared in many movies from the Egyptian Golden Age of cinema. One of h ...

(dancer) * Badr Nofal (hotel guest) *

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(Zaki) * Metawee Eweiss (furniture porter) * Toson Moatamed (furniture porter) * Abdelazim Kamel (company engineer)

External links

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Dhliz page

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References

{{Salah Abu Seif Egyptian romantic drama films 1958 films Films directed by Salah Abu Seif