''El Hub Keda'' ( ar, الحب كده,
translit.''Al Hubb Kida'' or ''Al-Houbb kidah''
aliases
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: That’s What Love Is or This is Love
French: ''C'est ça l'amour'') is a
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
Egyptian romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
starring
Salah Zulfikar
Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...
and
Sabah
Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory ...
. It is written by
Badi' Khayri
Badī Khayrī ( ar, بديع خيري; 18 August 1893 – February 1966) was an Egyptian folk lyricist and playwright. He was one of the folk lyricists who took their words and inspiration from old traditional Egyptian folk stories and popular ...
and directed by
Mahmoud Zulfikar
Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (18 February 1914 – 22 May 1970) was an Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. He was a major figure in Egypt ...
.
Plot
Hamdi, is a mechanical engineer owning a car repair shop, he loves his cousin Nadia without her even realizing it. Nadia, is a newly divorced wealthy young woman, she loves the attractive young Hazem, who is chasing her aiming to marry her fir her wealth. They secretly meet and she claims to her family that she is meeting her cousin Hamdi instead, who From time to time she passes by Hamdi, At the same time, his friend Ezzat loves Hazem's Salwa. Nadia goes to Hazem's house to visit his mother, Hamdi watches her and confronts her. Hazem tries to rape her and Hamdi saves her. Nadia's parents approves the marriage proposal of Ihsan, a wealthy man who she cannot stand, and she also does not want to fail in any upcoming marriage. She agrees with Hamdi to fame their marriage to escape from Ihsan marriage proposal. Afterwards, they go through situations that push them to get closer, and at the end, the fictitious marriage turns into a real one.
Crew
* Writer:
Badi' Khayri
Badī Khayrī ( ar, بديع خيري; 18 August 1893 – February 1966) was an Egyptian folk lyricist and playwright. He was one of the folk lyricists who took their words and inspiration from old traditional Egyptian folk stories and popular ...
* Screenwriter: Mohamed Abu Youssef
* Director:
Mahmoud Zulfikar
Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (18 February 1914 – 22 May 1970) was an Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. He was a major figure in Egypt ...
* Produced by: Union Films (Abbas Helmi)
* Distribution: Al Sharq Film Distribution Company
* Soundtrack:
Andre Ryder
Andre or Andrea Ryder, born Andreas Anagnostou or Anagnostis ( ar, أندريا رايـدر; el, Ανδρέας Αναγνώστου/Αναγνώστης; 1908–1971) was a Greek-Egyptian composer who lived and worked in Egypt in his later ye ...
* Cinematographer: Wadid Serry
* Editor: Fekry Rostom
Cast
*
Salah Zulfikar
Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...
as Hamdi
*
Sabah
Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory ...
as Nadia
*
Laila Taher
Laila Taher ( ar, ليلي طاهر) born Sherouette Moustafa Ibrahim ( ar, شيرويت مصطفي إبراهيم) is an Egyptians, Egyptian film, stage, television actress and presenter who is mostly known for her successful collaborations with ...
as Salwa
* Abdul Moneim Ibrahim as Ezzat Gadallah
*
Youssef Fakhr Eddine
Youssef Fakhr Eddine ( ar, يوسف فخر الدين, 15 January 1935 – 27 December 2002) was an Egyptian actor and the brother of actress Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine ( ar, مريم محمد فخر الدين , 8 Septemb ...
as Hazem
*
Mimi Chakib
Mimi Chakib or Mimi Shakib (25 December 1913 – 20 May 1983) ( ar, ميمي شكيب), born Ameena Chakib, was an Egyptian actress. She mostly played secondary roles, and appeared in more than 150 films between 1940s and early 1980s.
Career ...
as Nadia's mother
*
Adly Kasseb as Ramadan, Nadia's father
* Mohamed El-Deeb as Ehsan
*
Bob Azzam as himself
* Azhar Sharif
* Fatima El-Gamal
* Ekram
* Yasmine
*
Mimi Gamal
Amina Mustafa Gamal ( ar, أمينة مصطفى جمال; born on 27 May 1941) known by her stage name as Mimi Gamal (in traditional Arabic Mimi Jamal) is an Egyptian actress with many roles on films, television and on stage.
Biography
Born in ...
as Hazem's girlfriend
* Hussein Ismail as Sheikh Ali
* Mukhtar Sayed
* Awatef Yousry
* Gamil Ezz El Din
* Essam Abdo
Songs
* Vocal:
Sabah
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** “Muhtar Ya Qalbi”, written by Fathi Qora, composed by
Farid al-Atrash
** "Ew'a", written by Muhammad Halawa, composed by
Muhammad Al-Mougui
* Vocal:
Bob Azzam
** ”
Ya Mustafa”, written by: Saeed El Masry, Composed by
Mohamed Fawzi
See also
*
Egyptian cinema
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also referred to as Hollywood on the Nile. Since 1976, the capital has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the Inter ...
*
Salah Zulfikar filmography
Salah Zulfikar (1926-1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer, who appeared in over 100 feature films, several short films, stage, television and Radio serials. Zulfikar‘s film debut was in 1956 in a leading role becoming one of the most dom ...
*
List of Egyptian films of 1961
*
List of Egyptian films of the 1960s
References
External links
El Hub Keda on elCinema*
1961 films
Films directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar
1960s Arabic-language films
Egyptian romantic drama films
Egyptian black-and-white films
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