''I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying'', also known as ''The Made Up Truth'' (

Egyptian Arabic Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian, or simply as Masri, is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic variety in Egypt. It is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and originated in the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt. The esti ...

: أنا لا أكذب ولكني أتجمل

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: ''Die geschminkte wahrheit'' translit: ''Ana La Aktheb Wlakenani Atajaml''), is a 1981 Egyptian television-film written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and directed by Ibrahim El-Shaqanqeeri. It stars

Salah Zulfikar Salah El-Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (, ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a Egyptian National Police, police officer, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one o ...

, Ahmed Zaki and Athar El-Hakim.

Plot

Rafik Hamdy is a famous writer, who has one daughter, Khairya, a college student. Her colleague Ibrahim, the diligent student, falls in love with her and she also exchanges love, although the rich student Hani admires her, Ibrahim tries to hide the truth of his social level for fear that Khairiya will move away from him, to claim that he is from a wealthy family. But eventually, Rafik knows the truth and confronts Ibrahim and now Khairia must choose.

Main cast

as Rafik Hamdy * Ahmed Zaki as Ibrahim * Athar El-Hakim as Khairia *

Zahret El-Ola Zahret El-Ola Mohamed Bakeer (; 10 June 1934 – 18 December 2013) was an Egyptian actress, famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s, the golden age of Egyptian cinema. She is considered one of the iconic actresses ...

as Nadia * Nahed Samir as Mobrouka * Farouk Youssef as Hani * Maha Abu Ouf as Maisa * Ahmed El Gezery as Saleh * Mohamed Shawky as Madbouly * Fatheya Chahine as Hani’s mother * Ahmed Khamis

References

External links

* 1981 films 1981 television films 1980s Arabic-language films 1980s Egyptian films Egyptian romantic drama films Films shot in Egypt 1981 romantic drama films Arabic-language romantic drama films {{Egypt-film-stub