Cairo 30

Cairo 30
Directed by Salah Abu Seif
Produced by Gamal El Leithy
Screenplay by Salah Abu Seif
Naguib Mahfouz
Based on Modern Cairo
by Naguib Mahfouz
Starring
Music by Fouad El Zahry
Cinematography Wahid Farid
Release date
  • 31 October 1966 (1966-10-31)
Running time
 130 minutes
Country Egypt
Language Arabic

Cairo 30 (Arabic: القاهرة 30‎, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif,[1] and based on Nagiub Mahfouz's 1945 novel Modern Cairo.[2] The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.[3]

Cast

  • Soad Hosny as Ihsan
  • Ahmed Mazhar as The minister
  • Hamdy Ahmed as Mahgoub Abdel Dayem
  • Abdelmonem Ibrahim as Ahmed Bedier
  • Tawfik El Deken as Shahata Tourky
  • Abdelaziz Mikewy as Ali Taha
  • Aqeila Rateb as The minister's wife
  • Ahmed Tawfik as Salem El Ekshidy
  • Bahiga Hafez as Ikram hanem

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Retrospective on Film: The Golden Age of Egyptian Cinema – the 1940s to 1960s". zenithfoundation. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Egypt's cinematic gems: Cairo 30". Mada Masr.
  3. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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