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''Deprived Lover'' (, transliterated as ''El-asheeq el-mashroom'') is an Egyptian
musical comedy Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, ...
drama film released on May 16, 1954. The film is directed and co-written by El-Sayed Ziada, features a screenplay co-written with Ali El Zorkani, and stars
Mohsen Sarhan Mohsen Sarhan (; 6 January 1914 in Port Said – 7 February 1993 in Cairo) was an Egyptian actor in multiple films and as part of the National Troupe. Biography One of his performances as part of the National Troupe received praise from ''The Scr ...
,
Amina Rizk Amina Rizk (; April 15, 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a classic Egyptian actress who appeared in around 208 artworks including more than 70 movies between 1928 and 1996. She was calm in her later years, but described as a clown when she was youn ...
,
Kamal el-Shennawi Mohammed Kamal el-Shennawi (, ; December 26, 1921 – August 22, 2011) was an Egyptian film and television actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor per ...
, and
Ismail Yassine Isma'il Yasin (also credited as ''Ismail Yassin''; ; 15 September 1912 – 24 May 1972) was an Egyptian actor and script writer. He was known for his slapstick humor and has been compared to Charlie Chaplin. He began his acting career in 1939 ...
. The rich protagonist fails to drown his son but is ultimately repaid successfully for his sin by his own son to break a will forbidding the son and his mother from inheriting unless they stay unmarried.


Cast

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Mohsen Sarhan Mohsen Sarhan (; 6 January 1914 in Port Said – 7 February 1993 in Cairo) was an Egyptian actor in multiple films and as part of the National Troupe. Biography One of his performances as part of the National Troupe received praise from ''The Scr ...
(Fouad Abdelaziz, an engineer) *
Amina Rizk Amina Rizk (; April 15, 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a classic Egyptian actress who appeared in around 208 artworks including more than 70 movies between 1928 and 1996. She was calm in her later years, but described as a clown when she was youn ...
(Amina, a nurse) *
Kamal el-Shennawi Mohammed Kamal el-Shennawi (, ; December 26, 1921 – August 22, 2011) was an Egyptian film and television actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor per ...
(Raouf, son of Amina and Fouad) *
Ismail Yassine Isma'il Yasin (also credited as ''Ismail Yassin''; ; 15 September 1912 – 24 May 1972) was an Egyptian actor and script writer. He was known for his slapstick humor and has been compared to Charlie Chaplin. He began his acting career in 1939 ...
(Bassiouni, Tawfik Bey’s chauffeur) * Doria Ahmed (Khadra, Tawfik Bey’s maid) * Mansa Fahmy (Tawfik Shukri Bey) * Hassan Fayek (Hassan Effendi, President of the Association to Fight Poverty, Ignorance, and Disease) * Naima Gamal (Naima, a dancer) * Fathiah Shahin * Mohamed Kamel * Afaf Shaker (Nahid) * Mohsen Hassanein * Gina * Katy (dancer) * Shafik Galal (singing) * Mahmoud al-Araby * Samar Ziada (child) Kamal el-Shennawi and Doria Ahmed were among the most famous duos in
Egyptian cinema The Egyptian film industry is today based mainly in Cairo, which is sometimes referred to as Hollywood on the Nile, Hollywood of the Middle East or Hollywood of the East, despite having its beginnings in the city of Alexandria in the early 20t ...
, co-starring in five films between the late 1940’s and mid-1950’s: after
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(1948), The Mayor’s Daughter (1949), The Adventures of Khadra (1950), and Khadra and the Southern Sinbad (1951), this was their final vehicle. Afaf Shaker (1929-2020), the sister of famed musical actress
Shadia Fatma Ahmad Kamal Shaker (; 8 February 193128 November 2017), better known by her stage name Shadia (, ''Shādya''), was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and Drama (film and television), drama in th ...
, married young to El-Shennawi but only for one month, and Deprived Lover was among her most famed roles. Mansi Fahmy (1890-1955, born Mansi Abiskharon) starred in over 54 works in a career in cinema and theatre stretching back to the 1930’s.


Synopsis

Tawfik Shukri Bey ( Mansi Fahmy), president of the Maritime Navigation Company, is hospitalized and falls in love with attending nurse Amina (
Amina Rizk Amina Rizk (; April 15, 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a classic Egyptian actress who appeared in around 208 artworks including more than 70 movies between 1928 and 1996. She was calm in her later years, but described as a clown when she was youn ...
). The company’s captain Fouad Abdelaziz (
Mohsen Sarhan Mohsen Sarhan (; 6 January 1914 in Port Said – 7 February 1993 in Cairo) was an Egyptian actor in multiple films and as part of the National Troupe. Biography One of his performances as part of the National Troupe received praise from ''The Scr ...
) visits Tawfik Bey in the hospital, where he and Amina have a mutual love affair and secretly marry to evade restrictions on nurses doing so. When Tawfik gets wind of this development, he tries to separate the couple but fails, turning instead to asking his servant ( Mohsen Hassanein) to blow up and sink Fouad’s boat. Fouad disappears and is pronounced dead in absentia while he wakes up
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c. Captured by sailors, he joins their crew. Tawfik consoles the grieving Amina and learns from the doctor that she is pregnant. Ostensibly to give the baby his family name and thus keep her agreement, Tawfik proposes to Amina. Amina gives birth to a son named Raouf and buys Fouad’s rented bungalow to preserve his memory. Rouaf (
Kamal el-Shennawi Mohammed Kamal el-Shennawi (, ; December 26, 1921 – August 22, 2011) was an Egyptian film and television actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor per ...
) grows up and is taken under Tawfik’s wing to the latter’s dens of iniquity to corrupt him, thereby getting the crooked mentor his revenge. Raouf gives in to a life of dissipation, and his mother’s efforts to straighten him out fail. Tawfik introduces Raouf to a
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dancer named Naima ( Naima Gamal), who wants the young man for his father’s inheritance. Amina objects and decides to bring Raouf with her to the countryside, to which Tawfik promises to help the boy reform. Tawfik schemes to drown Raouf and takes him onto a boat that happens to be sailed by Fouad. Tawfik drowns and Raouf survives, prompting an investigation into Fouad that ultimately comes to naught, leaving Amina to the task of restoring her beloved’s memory. Tawfik’s final gambit is to write in his will that his wealth can only be transferred to his wife and son if neither marries; if either does, the money goes to his chauffeur Bassiouni (
Ismail Yassine Isma'il Yasin (also credited as ''Ismail Yassin''; ; 15 September 1912 – 24 May 1972) was an Egyptian actor and script writer. He was known for his slapstick humor and has been compared to Charlie Chaplin. He began his acting career in 1939 ...
) and his maid Khadra ( Doria Ahmed). Hassan Effendi, meanwhile, runs on a non-profit and aims for all to marry so that the inheritance can go to his organization. While Bassiouni and Khadra make one couple and a recovered Fouad and Amina make another, but Raouf wants to stay single and for his mother to do the same so he keeps the money. When Naima cheats with his friend (Anwar Mohamed) and leaves, however, Raouf agrees to marry Nahid ( Afaf Shaker), who finds in a box a letter from Tawfik explaining that Raouf is not his son but a bastard. Raouf’s secretary explains that Fouad was in a common-law marriage, and Fouad reunites his family, proving love more important than money and giving the charity the inheritance.


Songs

Actors who sing on the soundtrack include Doria Ahmed, Shafik Galal, and
Ismail Yassine Isma'il Yasin (also credited as ''Ismail Yassin''; ; 15 September 1912 – 24 May 1972) was an Egyptian actor and script writer. He was known for his slapstick humor and has been compared to Charlie Chaplin. He began his acting career in 1939 ...
.


Reception

Film critic Mahmoud Kassem wrote in ''
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'' on August 19, 2022 that “this is a movie completely unknown to cinephiles and yet it stars major stars, most of whom only acted together on screen this once.” Pointing out the poor documentation of the history of
Egyptian cinema The Egyptian film industry is today based mainly in Cairo, which is sometimes referred to as Hollywood on the Nile, Hollywood of the Middle East or Hollywood of the East, despite having its beginnings in the city of Alexandria in the early 20t ...
, Kassem states the following:
The film was long-delayed, since El-Sayed Ziada discovered and married Doria Ahmed but worked with her in small roles before this starring debut. Rewriting the history of this film and trying to understand it requires documents and people unavailable to us, and unfortunately there is little testimony except for a rare film book I owned. In addition, some early films such as the
Amina Rizk Amina Rizk (; April 15, 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a classic Egyptian actress who appeared in around 208 artworks including more than 70 movies between 1928 and 1996. She was calm in her later years, but described as a clown when she was youn ...
vehicle
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are lost, obscuring the stars’ early career.


External links


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References

{{reflist Egyptian musical comedy films 1954 films Egyptian musical drama films Egyptian comedy-drama films 1950s Egyptian films