Featureless Men (

Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian ( ar, العامية المصرية, ), or simply Masri (also Masry) (), is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic dialect in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, an ...

: رجال بلا ملامح translit: ''Regal bila Malameh'' aliases: Faceless Men) is a

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

Egyptian film 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 Int ...

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 ...

, stars

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

Nadia Lutfi Nadia Lutfi or Nadia Loutfi ( ar, نادية لطفي; born Poula Mohamed Mostafa Shafiq ( ar, بولا محمد مصطفى شفيق); 3 January 1937 – 4 February 2020) was an Egyptian actress. During the apex of her career, she was one of the ...

. The film was shot in 1970, released in theaters in 1972. It is Mahmoud Zulfikar’s final film and was released posthumously.

Synopsis

The events revolve around (Ahmed) who just finished his college in engineering. He gets to know the night girl, (Laila), and falls in love with her and tells his father that he'll marry her. But his father refuses as she's not at his social level and threatens him and events escalate.

Main cast

as Ahmed Fouad *

as Laila *

Mahmoud El-Meliguy Mahmoud el-Meliguy ( arz, محمود المليجي, ; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late ...

as Ahmed's father, Fouad Omran *

Aida Kamel Aida Kamel (; 1931 – September 7, 2020) was an Egyptian actress. She studied radio at the university and obtained a bachelor's degree. She has worked in cinema since the early fifties. Among her films are: ''Sit El Hassan'', ''The Melody of Et ...

as Ferdoos * Suhair Fakhri as Amina Kamel * Seham Fathy as Tooha * Badr Nofal as Hosni * Toukhi Tawfik as Lamai * Ezz El-Dine Islam as Shaker

References

External links

Featureless Men on elCinema
1970s Arabic-language films 1972 films 1972 romantic drama films Egyptian romantic drama films Films shot in Egypt {{romantic-drama-film-stub