A Woman's Youth

Story

Synopsis

A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.

Director

Salah Abu Seif

Writers

ElSayed Bedir, Salah Abu Seif, Morsi Gameel Aziz

Language

Arabic

Country

Egypt

Release date

9 January 1956

Ensemble

Cast

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  Shadia

  سلوى

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  Tahiya Cariocca

  شفاعات

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  Shoukry Sarhan

  إمام بلتاجي

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  Abdel Warith Assir

  عم حسبو

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  Seraj Muneer

  الشرنوبي إسماعيل

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  Ferdous Mohamed

  أم إمام

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  Soliman ElGendy

  فتحي

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  Mary Ezz El Din

  زوجة الشرنوبي

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  Abdel Moneim Basyouni

  ضابط شرطة

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  Ali Kamel

  برعي العربجي

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  Abbas El Daly