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The Return of the Spirit also known as The Soul Return (Egyptian Arabic: عودة الروح, aliases: Return of the Spirit or Return of Soul or The Return of Consciousness, translit: Awdat Al-Roh, French: Retour de l'Esprit) is a 1977 Egyptian drama miniseries starring Salah Zulfikar and directed by Hussein Kamal.[1][2][3] The series is based on the 1933 novel written by Tawfiq Al-Hakim under the same name.[4][5][6][7]

The Return of the Spirit
عودة الروح
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Soul Return
Screenplay by	Salah Tantawy
Story by	Tawfiq al-Hakim
Directed by	Hussein Kamal
Starring	Salah Zulfikar
Music by	Ammar El Sherei
Country of origin	Egypt
Original language	Egyptian Arabic
No. of episodes	15
Production
Cinematography	Wahid Farid
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company	Egyptian Television
Distributor	Egyptian Television Network (Domestic) Kuwait Television (Worldwide)
Release
Original network	Egyptian Television Network
Picture format	NTSC
Original release	1977 (1977) – 1977 (1977)

Plot

A young man who lives with his father's family of three uncles, who all fall in love with their neighbor who does not care about one of them, but she loves a neighbor in the same house, which makes one of the women do black magic to separate them, and suddenly Egyptian Revolution of 1919. The neighbors' situation changes and they decide to participate in the revolution, but they are arrested and they are all placed in one prison, then they fall ill and are taken to the hospital in one room, and each one begins to recall his memories.

Novel adaptation

The novel inspired by the series, which takes place during the Egyptian Revolution of 1919, is considered one of the most important literary works in the first half of the 20th century and was presented in more than one work in the theater and cinema. Critics say that this series is the best work of art that conveys the spirit of the original literary work of Tawfiq al-Hakim.[8][9][10][11]

Cast

Primary cast

• Salah Zulfikar as Selim
• Layla Hamada as Saneya
• Ihsan Al-Qalawi as Zanouba
• Ali Al-Ghandour as Hanafi
• Ibrahim Saafan as Mabrouk
• Widad Hamdi as Bassiounieh
• Mohammed Reda as the teacher Kamel
• Wagdi Al-Arabi as Mustafa
• Issam Al-Ashry as Mohsen

Supporting cast

• Muhammad Al-Arabi as Abdo
• Younes Shalaby as Aliwa
• Malak El Gamal as Nana'a
• Abdul Rahim Al-Zarqani as Uncle Hassan
• Nazim Shaarawy as Dr. Helmy
• Sabri Abdel Aziz as Rizk
• Ibrahim Al-Shami as Hamed
• Nahed Samir as Dawlat Hanim
• Abdullah Farghali as Bustami
• Mohamed Shawky as Maimoon Gaber Maimon
• Gamalat Zayed as Umm Sahloul
• Saifullah Mukhtar as Nazaka
• Etidal Shaheen as Safinaz Hanim
• Mohammed Farhat Omar as Al-Sabilji
• Jamil Ezz El Din as Kazuli
• Ali Gohar as Mr. Black
• Medhat Ghaly as Monsieur Fox
• Ahmed Salah El-Din as Jamil Al-Hallaq
• Yahya Tawfik as the family barber

See also

• Arab television drama
• Salah Zulfikar filmography

References

External links

• The Return of the Spirit on elCinema
• The Return of the Spirit at IMDb

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