Virgo (1970 Film)
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: ''برج العذراء,''
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: The Planet of the Virgo) is a
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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 ...
. The film 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 ...
,
Nahed Sherif Nahed Sherif ( ar, ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial () and a Lycée Français du Caire ...
and
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 i ...
.


Synopsis

Fahmy is an ardent believer in
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and
horoscopes A horoscope (or other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include natal chart, astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical chart, radix, chart wheel or simply chart) is an ast ...
and manages his life according to them. And a number of events increase his conviction, such as his promotion at work, which the horoscope predicts, the death of his uncle, and then his inheritance from him. An astrologer convinces him that his age is linked to a
Virgo Virgo may refer to: *Virgo (astrology), the sixth astrological sign of the zodiac *Virgo (constellation), a constellation *Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo *Virgo Stellar Stream, remains of a dwarf galaxy *Virgo Supe ...
girl who has a black birthmark, which he is looking for. He discovers that she is Nana the fiancée of his friend Amin, so he tries to save her life. Nana and Ilham his wife agree on a plan to convince Fahmy of the
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of relying on astrology.


Crew

* Director:
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 ...
* Screenplay: Farouk Saeed * Production studio: El Shoala Films (Mohamed Younes) * Distributor: General Egyptian Organization for Cinema Production * Cinematographer: Ali Khair Allah * Editor: Fekry Rostom


Cast

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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 ...
as (Fahmy) *
Nahed Sherif Nahed Sherif ( ar, ناهد شريف), (1 January 1942 – 7 April 1981) was an Egyptian actress who came to prominence in Egyptian and Lebanese films of the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Born Samiha Zaki El-Nial () and a Lycée Français du Caire ...
as (Nana) *
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 i ...
as (Amin) *
Lebleba Ninochka Manoug Kupelian ( ar, نينوتشكا مانوك كوبليان; born November 14, 1946 in Cairo), better known by her stage name Lebleba ( ar, لبلبة, , also Lubluba), is an Egyptian film actress and entertainer. She is the cousin ...
as (Ilham) * Hussein Ismail as (GM of sub-contractor) * Mokhtar Amin as (Hussain) * Kawthar Shafik as (Hanaa) * Sanaa Younes as (Ehsan) * Hussein El Touni as (Ismail) * Fifi Youssef as (Hussein's wife) * Khadiga Mahmoud as (cigarette seller) * Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdy as (Dajil Falafel) * El Sayed Rady as (Khalil Diab - Psychiatrist) * Abdel Moneim Abdel Rahman as (Ali) * Amira as herself * Farouk Falawkas as (lawyer) * Saleh El-Iskandarani as (Officer of Sub Contractor) * Mohammed Sultan as (Kamal) * Emad Muharram as (invitee at the home evening party)


See also

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Salah Zulfikar filmography Salah Zulfikar (1926-1993) was an Egyptians, Egyptian actor and film producer, who appeared in over 100 feature films, several short films, stage, television and Radio serials. Zulfikar‘s film debut was in 1956 in film, 1956 in a leading role bec ...
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List of Egyptian films of 1970 A list of films produced in Egypt in 1970. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see :Egyptian films. External links Egyptian films of 1970at the Internet Movie Database Egyptian films of 1970
elCinema.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Egyp ...
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List of Egyptian films of the 1970s Below are lists of films produced in Egypt in the 1970s. *List of Egyptian films of 1970 *List of Egyptian films of 1971 *List of Egyptian films of 1972 *List of Egyptian films of 1973 *List of Egyptian films of 1974 *List of Egyptian films of 19 ...


References


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Virgo on elCinema
1970 films 1970s Arabic-language films 20th-century Egyptian films Egyptian black-and-white films Films shot in Egypt Films directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar Films about astrology {{Egypt-film-stub