Three Thieves also known as 3 Robbers (

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 ...

: ثلاثة لصوص

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.

: ''Thalathat lousous'' french:''Trois voleurs'') is a 1966

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 ...

. It tells 3 separate stories about three thieves. The film is written by

Ihsan Abdel Quddous Ihsan Abdel Quddous ( arz, إحسان عبد القدوس ', ) (1 January 1919 – 12 January 1990) was an Egyptian writer, novelist, and journalist and editor in Egypt's '' Al Akhbar'' and '' Al-Ahram'' newspapers. He wrote many novels tha ...

and produced by

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 ...

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 ...

played the role of the judge.

First story: The gold thief

Plot

The events revolve around Mohsen, an employee who is transferred to

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

. He searches for an apartment to live in. He finds an apartment, but is surprised by its high price. He requires that he buy meat from the owner of the apartment who owns a butcher's shop. He gets to know the butcher's wife and goes to her apartment and gives him some of her gold. The wife is against someone else who comes to buy another apartment, the wife refuses to meet Mohsen and he decides to steal the wife's gold.

Cast

: (Mohsen) *

Hind Rostom Hind Hussain Mohammed or Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage name Hind Rostom, ( ar, هند رستم ; November 12, 1929 – August 8, 2011) was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the seduction icons in the Eg ...

: (Narges - Madbouly's wife) * Saeed Abu Bakr: (Musad Al-Bawab) * Mohamed Reda: (Madbouly the butcher) *

Youssef Fakhr Eddine Youssef Fakhr Eddine ( ar, يوسف فخر الدين, 15 January 1935 – 27 December 2002) was an Egyptian actor and the brother of actress Mariam Fakhr Eddine. His wife Nadia was killed in a car accident in 1974 which caused him a case of se ...

: (the new resident)

Staff

* Directed by:

Fatin Abdel Wahab Fatin Abdel Wahab ( ar, فطين عبد الوهاب; 22 November 1913 – 12 May 1972) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 52 films between 1949 and 1970. His 1961 film ''Wife Number 13'' was entered into the 12th Berlin International Fi ...

* Screenplay and dialogue: Abdel Rehim Haggag * Cinematography: Mahmoud Fahmy * Editing: Rashida Abdel Salam

Second story: The bus thief

Plot

The events revolve around "Al-Usta Fahmy", a driver who delivers goods. His wife feels sick, so he takes her to the doctor, who tells him that she has a rheumatic heart disease. His wife feels tired during his work, so he buys medicine and takes the bus to go to his wife. He asks the driver to speed up because of his wife's fatigue and her need for treatment, but he tells him If he wants to speed up, he must take a taxi, then the driver leaves the bus and goes to drink tea, so Fahmy asks him to go back to the bus, but the driver tells him that he is taking a break.

Cast

Farid Shawqi Farid Shawqi Mohammad Abdou Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي محمد عبده شوقي) (July 30, 1920 in El Sayyeda Zainab – July 27, 1998 in Maadi); known as Farid Shawqi ( ar, فريد شوقي) was an Egyptian actor, screenwriter and film ...

: (Fahmy) *

Nabila Ebeid Nabila Ebeid ( ar, نبيلة عبيد) (born 21 January 1945 in Cairo, Egypt), also spelled Nabila Ebeed, is an Egyptian actress. Early life Born in the district of Shoubra, Nabila was a huge fan of classical Egyptian movies and used to gather m ...

: (Buthaina - Fahmy's wife) * Abdel Moneim Ibrahim: (Al Kamsari) *

Adly Kasseb Adly Kasseb عدلى كاسب (full name: Adly Abdel Hamid Kasseb) (April 21, 1918 – September 13, 1978) was an Egyptian actor who acted in many movies and plays. His talent was recognized since he was a child and has grown over the years. H ...

: (bus driver) *

Adel Emam Adel Emam ( ar, عادل إمام; born 17 May 1940 is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor. He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, combined comedy with romance especially in his earlier films, which ...

: (riding the bus) * Suheir Al-Baroni: (dancer - riding the bus) * Mohamed Shawky: (shop - passenger on the bus) * Dr. Shadid: (Awad - a passenger on the bus)

staff

* Directed by:

Hassan El Imam Hassan el-Imam ( ar, حسن الإمام; March 6, 1919, in Mansoura, Egypt – January 29, 1988) was a prominent Egyptian film director. He was nicknamed the Box-office King. Early life Hassan El-Imam was born on March 6, 1919, in the city of M ...

* Screenplay and dialogue: El Sayed Badir -

Youssef Francis Youssef Francis (Arabic: يوسف فرنسيس) (June 6, 1934 – April 14, 2001) is a director, author, and plastic artist, born in Cairo. His life He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Department of Photography in 1957, then postgradu ...

* Photography: Mustafa Hassan * Editing: Rachida Abdel Salam

Third story: His aunt’s thief

plot

The events revolve around "Moneim", a young man who lives with his aunt Tawheeda. He proposes to a girl, but he cannot find an apartment to marry with. His aunt Tawheeda refuses to marry Nahid in her apartment. He proposes to Nahid another person and owns an apartment. Monem thinks of marrying Nahid in the apartment after his aunt's death. Nahid's mother tells him that she will betroth her daughter to the other person if he does not find an apartment or if his aunt does not die. Monem disguises himself as a ghost and frightens his aunt, so she loses consciousness and thinks that she is dead and runs away. His aunt comes to him and tells him that she agreed. On his marriage to Nahid, she gives him the key to the apartment and tells him that she gave him her money and gives him the key to the safe. When he goes to take the money, his aunt reports him to the police and he is arrested.

Cast

* Hassan Youssef: (Moneim) *

Madiha Salem Madiha Salem ( ar, مديحة سالم; 2 October 1944 – 19 November 2015) was an Egyptian actress who appeared in 29 films, and 13 radio and TV serials. She is known for playing the "dreamy teenager" in Egyptian classics from the 1960s. Early ...

: (Nahed - Monem's fiancée) * Negma Ibrahim: (Tawheed - Monem's aunt) *

Mimi Chakib Mimi Chakib or Mimi Shakib (25 December 1913 – 20 May 1983) ( ar, ميمي شكيب), born Ameena Chakib, was an Egyptian actress. She mostly played secondary roles, and appeared in more than 150 films between 1940s and early 1980s. Career ...

: (Nahed's mother) * Ihsan Sharif: (Farida - Monem's aunt) * Abu Bakr Ezzat: (Mohamed Al-Arian)

staff

* 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 ...

* Screenplay and dialogue: Abdel Rehim Haggag * Photography: Kamal Karim * Editing: Galal Mustafa

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Three Thieves 1966 films Egyptian black-and-white films 20th-century Egyptian films 1960s Arabic-language films Films shot in Egypt