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The Fools Alley

The Fools Alley

★ 6.5/10•1955•1h 30m•Drama

Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.

Tawfiq Saleh · Director

Naguib Mahfouz · Writer

Tawfiq Saleh · Writer

Abdel Hamid Gouda El Sahhar · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageAR
Release DateJan 2, 1955

Actors

Shoukry Sarhan

Shoukry Sarhan

طة - صبى العجلاتى

Berlanty Abdel Hamid

Berlanty Abdel Hamid

خديجة عزوز

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

عبده عماره

Abdel Ghani Qamar

Abdel Ghani Qamar

قفه - الأبله

Nadia Al Sabei

Nadia Al Sabei

سنيه بيومى - العاهره

Hassan El Baroudy

Hassan El Baroudy

الأسطى عماره - العجلاتى

Saad Ardash

Saad Ardash

شيخ الزاوية

Rafeaa ElShal

Rafeaa ElShal

فاطمة - والدة خديجه

Ahmed Abaza

Ahmed Abaza

المتشرد

Shafiq Nour ElDein

Shafiq Nour ElDein

مدبولى الفوال

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

المعلم مهنى - تاجر الموبيليا المستعملة

Ahmed ElGezeiry

Ahmed ElGezeiry

المعلم شلبى - صاحب القهوه

Motawie Eweiss

Motawie Eweiss

بندق - صبى القهوة

Samiha Mohamed

Samiha Mohamed

الجاره

Abdel Aziz Ahmad

Abdel Aziz Ahmad

الشيخ عزوز - والد خديجه

Elham Zaki

Elham Zaki

بائعة اليانصيب

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