Drama ·Music · Egypt · 1944 · 2h 10m

Layla in the dark

ليلى في الظلام

Director

Cast

Leila Mourad as ليلى Hussein Sedki as حسين Anwar Wagdi as سمير Amina Rizk as ام ليلى Hassan Fayek as طباخ Mahmoud El Meligy as طبيب العيون

Crew

Abdel Halim Nasr — Director of Photography Togo Mizrahi — Writer

Synopsis

Hussein and Laila are children who pledge to love. Circumstances separate them and they meet after they grow up and their feelings are renewed, but Laila is exposed to an accident that loses her sight, so she decides to sacrifice her love so that Hussein can avoid life with a co-wife.

Mood & Themes

black and white

Key Collaborators

Togo Mizrahi Director Abdel Halim Nasr Director of Photography Togo Mizrahi Writer

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