Drama · Egypt · 1955 · 1h 30m

The Fools Alley

درب المهابيل

Director

Cast

Shoukry Sarhan as طة - صبى العجلاتى Berlanty Abdel Hamid as خديجة عزوز Tawfiq Al-Deqen as عبده عماره Abdel Ghani Qamar as قفه - الأبله Nadia Al Sabei as سنيه بيومى - العاهره Hassan El Baroudy as الأسطى عماره - العجلاتى

Crew

Abdel Aziz Fahmy — Director of Photography Hussein Afify — Editor Saeed El-Sheikh — Editor Naguib Mahfouz — Writer Tawfiq Saleh — Writer Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar — Story

Synopsis

Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.

Mood & Themes

black and white

Key Collaborators

Tawfiq Saleh Director Abdel Aziz Fahmy Director of Photography Hussein Afify Editor Saeed El-Sheikh Editor Naguib Mahfouz Writer Tawfiq Saleh Writer Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar Story

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