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. The biggest production of its time, it was the film debut of Um Kalthoum. The film's success turned Misr Studios into the top studio in Egypt. The sports team

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, is named after the film.

Synopsis

In the time of the

Mamluk Sultanate The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks ...

, a rich trader named Baher has no choice but to sell his

slave Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...

Wydad, who he's madly in love with, when he loses everything. But destiny will help them meet again.

Cast and crew

Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum (; 31 December 1898 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptians, Egyptian singer and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title (). Immensely popular throughout the Middle East and beyond, Umm Kul ...

* Ahmed Allam * Mokhtar Osman * Mansi Fahmi * Kouka *

Mahmoud el-Meliguy Mahmoud el-Meligy (, ; 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 1930s. A popular and award-winnin ...

* Yahya Nagati * Fouad Fahim * Fattouh Nashati

Soundtracks

* “أيها الرائح المجد” (“O Smell of Glory”), lyrics by

Sharif Al-Razi Sharīf or Sherif (, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef, feminine sharīfa (), plural ashrāf (), shurafāʾ (), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, from the famil ...

and music by Zakariyya Ahmad * “يا بشير الأنس” (“Oh Bashir Al-Anas”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad * “يا ليل نجومك شهود” (“O Night, Your Stars Are Witnesses”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad * “حيّوا الربيع” (“Salute the Spring”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by

Riad Al Sunbati Riad Mohamed El Sunbati (), also written as Riad Sonbati or Riadh Sonbati (30 November 1906 – 10 September 1981) was a 20th-century Egyptians, Egyptian composer and musician who was considered an icon of Egyptian Music. He composed 539 works ...

* “على بلد المحبوب” (“In the Country of the Beloved”, sung by Abdo Al-Srouji), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Riad Al Sunbati * “ليه يا زمان كان هوايا” (“Why Was This Time a Holiday?”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by

Mohamed El Qasabgi Mohamed el-Qasabgi (; pronounced in local Egyptian Arabic, Egyptian dialect as Mohamed el-Asabgi; 15 April 1892 in Cairo – 25 March 1966) was an Egyptian musician and composer, and is regarded as one of the five leading composers of Egypt in t ...

* “يا للي ودادك صفالي” (“Oh My, Your Father Is Safali”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi * “يا طير يا عايش أسير” (“O Bird, Captured Live”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi

External links

IMDb page

El Cinema page

El Film page

References

1936 films Egyptian black-and-white films 1930s romantic musical films Egyptian romantic musical films 1930s Arabic-language films 1930s Egyptian films {{Egypt-film-stub