07 Oct 1959
The Nightingale's Prayer
This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.
The Lawyer
After getting sentenced with one month in prison for contempt of court, the lawyer Sbankh tries to take advantage of his jail time to establish many relations, most notably with drug dealer Hassouna,and Salim Abu Zaid, one of the centers of power in the 60s.
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عادل إمام حسن سبانخ
يسرا عطية عبدالجواد
إسعاد يونس عصمت عبدالجواد
Hussein ElSherbiny حسونة محرم
Salah Nazmi سليم أبو زيد
Mohamed ElSharqawy فتحي السيد
Hamdy Youssef القاضي
يوسف عيد حارس بالسجن
Mahmoud Abu Jalila 
Hagag Abdel Azim 
Sayed Mostafa 
Zayed Fouad 
علي الشريف عبدالجبار
Sami Attaiah مأمور السجن
Nabaweya Saeed 
Rashwan Mustafa أحد القضاة
Mohamed Dardeery 
Mustafa Kamal Ehab Khalil 
Saeed Adas
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