''Malaak wa Shaytan'' (, ''Malak wa shaitan'',

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

: Angel and Devil) is a 1960 Egyptian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Kamal El Sheikh Kamal El Sheikh (; 2 February 1919 – 2 January 2004) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987, with eight of them in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. He was known in the fifties and early sixties as "Hitc ...

and starring

Rushdi Abaza Rushdy Saiid Bughdadi Abaza () (3 August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous. He died of brain cancer at t ...

. The film is produced by

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 ...

and

Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Ezz El-Dine Ahmed Mourad Zulficar (; 28 October 1919 – 1 July 1963) was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer known for his distinctive style, which blends romance and action. He is widely regarded one of the most influen ...

for

Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films Company Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films Company (, aka: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films) is a film production company founded in Cairo by Ezz El-Dine Zulfikar and Salah Zulfikar in 1958. The company operated in the Middle East and North Africa since 1958 until ...

and released in Egypt on 22 February 1960 by El Sharq Film Distribution.

Plot

Shawkat and Samira gave birth to a girl of between five or six years old. They are happy and well-off. Shawkat works as a jewelry seller. One day, thieves attacked them for stealing money and others. They were surprised by a money safe inside the house. When they tried to break the safe, the child saw them, so they ran away with it.

Crew

* Directed by:

* Story: Sabry Ezzat * Screenplay: Sabry Ezzat, Kamal El Sheikh * Cinematography: Andre Ryder * Producer:

* Production studio: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films * Distribution: El Sharq Film Distribution

Cast

Rushdy Abaza Rushdy Saiid Bughdadi Abaza () (3 August 1926 – 27 July 1980) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous. He died of brain cancer at t ...

as Ezzat * Zaki Rustom as Shahhat *

Nagwa Fouad Nagwa Fouad (; born Awatef Mohamed Agami () on 17 January 1939) is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She has appeared in around fifty Egyptian films. Family Nagwa was born as Awatef Mohamed Agami, in Alexandria to an Egyptian family fro ...

as Khairia *

as Guest Appearance as Shawkat Selim *

Mariam Fakhr Eddine Mariam Mohamed Fakhr Eddine (, 8 September 1933 – 3 November 2014) was an Egyptian film and television actress, and was the second wife of prominent filmmaker Mahmoud Zulfikar (1914 – 1970). She was nicknamed the "Belle of the Screen" (). Be ...

as Guest Appearance as Shawkat's wife * Iman Zulfikar as Sawsan * Ahmed Luxer as Detective * Memo Ramses as Abu Sheffa * Thoraya Fakhry as Dada

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for a

Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...

at the

11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film '' La Notte'' directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Juries The following people were announced as being on ...

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