The Return of the Spirit also known as The Soul Return ( arz, عودة الروح,

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: Return of the Spirit or Return of Soul or The Return of Consciousness,

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starring

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 ...

and directed by

Hussein Kamal Hussein Kamal () (17 August 1932 – 24 March 2003) was an Egyptian television, film and theatre director. He is considered to be an important director of traditional Egyptian cinema. One of his most famous films is ''Chitchat on the Nile'' ...

. The series is based on the 1933 novel written by

Tawfiq Al-Hakim Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim ( arz, توفيق الحكيم, ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. The triumphs and failures that are ...

under the same name.

Plot

A young man who lives with his father's family of three uncles, who all fall in love with their neighbor who does not care about one of them, but she loves a neighbor in the same house, which makes one of the women do black magic to separate them, and suddenly

Egyptian Revolution of 1919 The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 ( ''Thawra 1919'') was a countrywide revolution against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan. It was carried out by Egyptians from different walks of life in the wake of the British-ordered exile of the rev ...

. The neighbors' situation changes and they decide to participate in the revolution, but they are arrested and they are all placed in one prison, then they fall ill and are taken to the hospital in one room, and each one begins to recall his memories.

Novel adaptation

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inspired by the series, which takes place during the

, is considered one of the most important literary works in the first half of the

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and was presented also in the theater. Critics say that this series is the best work of art that conveys the spirit of the original literary work of the Egyptian author

Tawfiq al-Hakim Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim ( arz, توفيق الحكيم, ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. The triumphs and failures that are ...

Cast

Primary cast

as Selim * Ihsan Al-Qalawi as Zanouba * Layla Hamada as Saneya * Ali Al-Ghandour as Hanafi * Ibrahim Saafan as Mabrouk *

Widad Hamdi Widad Hamdi ( ar, وداد حمدى) was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid. Early life and career Hamdi was born on March 7, 1924, in Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt. ...

as Bassiounieh * Mohammed Reda as the teacher Kamel * Wagdi Al-Arabi as Mustafa * Issam Al-Ashry as Mohsen

Supporting cast

* Muhammad Al-Arabi as Abdo * Younes Shalaby as Aliwa * Malak El Gamal as Nana'a * Abdul Rahim Al-Zarqani as Uncle Hassan * Nazim Shaarawy as Dr. Helmy * Sabri Abdel Aziz as Rizk * Ibrahim Al-Shami as Hamed * Nahed Samir as Dawlat Hanim * Abdullah Farghali as Bustami * Mohamed Shawky as Maimoon Gaber Maimon * Gamalat Zayed as Umm Sahloul * Saifullah Mukhtar as Nazaka * Etidal Shaheen as Safinaz Hanim * Mohammed Farhat Omar as Al-Sabilji * Jamil Ezz El Din as Kazuli * Ali Gohar as Mr. Black * Medhat Ghaly as Monsieur Fox * Ahmed Salah El-Din as Jamil Al-Hallaq * Yahya Tawfik as the family barber

References

External links

The Return of the Spirit on elCinema
* {{IMDb title, tt19388888} Arabic television series Egyptian drama television series Egyptian Radio and Television Union original programming