''Cairo 30'' (, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian
drama film
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Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through wo ...
's 1945 novel ''Modern Cairo''. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
39th Academy Awards
The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967, hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
The Academy Awards broadcast faced the threat of cancellation due ...
, but was not accepted as a nominée.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Cast
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Soad Hosny
Soad Mohammad Kamal Hosny (, ; 26 January 1943 – 21 June 2001) was an Egyptian actress. She was known as the "Cinderella of the Screen" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and the Arab world. She is generally regarded a ...
as Ihsan
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Ahmed Mazhar
Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938Hamdy 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
Synopsis
The film takes place in the 1930’s, when a young man named Mahjoub Abdeldayem ( Hamdy Ahmed) comes from
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ', shortened to , , locally: ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel North. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake N ...
to the slums of
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...
and gets to know a native of his village (Salem al-Ikhshidi) who offers a job lead. The job is to marry Ihsan (
Soad Hosny
Soad Mohammad Kamal Hosny (, ; 26 January 1943 – 21 June 2001) was an Egyptian actress. She was known as the "Cinderella of the Screen" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and the Arab world. She is generally regarded a ...
), mistress of Qasim Bey (
Ahmed Mazhar
Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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