Drama ·Romance · Egypt · 1963 · 1h 55m

The Open Door

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Director
Henry Barakat
Cast
Faten Hamama as Laila Sliman Saleh Selim as Hussein Amer Hassan Youssef as Essam Shwikar as Gamila Mahmoud Moursy as Dr. Fouad Nahed Samir as Layla's mother
Crew
Wahid Farid — Director of Photography Yussef Issa — Screenplay Henry Barakat — Screenplay Henry Barakat — Producer William Rizk — Producer
Synopsis

Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.

Key Collaborators
Henry Barakat Director Wahid Farid Director of Photography Yussef Issa Screenplay Henry Barakat Screenplay Henry Barakat Producer William Rizk Producer
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