The Unknown Woman (aliases: The Anonymous Woman, Egyptian Arabic: المرأة المجهولة, translit. El-Mara'a el-Maghola or Al-Murra Al-Maghoola) is a 1959 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar.[1][2][3][4] It is based on the play Madame X.[5] The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shadia, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal El-Shennawi, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola.[6][7][8][9][10]
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Directed by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
Written by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
Screenplay by | Mohamed Othman |
Produced by | Hassan Ramzy |
Starring | Shadia Shoukry Sarhan Kamal El-Shennawi |
Cinematography | Abdel Halim Nasr |
Edited by | Fekri Rostom |
Music by | Mounir Mourad |
Production company | Al Nasr Films Company |
Distributed by | Al Nasr Films Company |
Release date | December 7, 1959 (1959-12-07) |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Fatima marries Dr. Ahmed and they give birth to Samir. She goes to visit her friend Souad, the police attack the place because it is suspicious and arrest everyone, including Fatima, she gets released but Ahmed divorces her. Fatima is forced to work as a singer in a Cabaret, the thug Abbas asks Fatima for a sum of money (a royalty) in order to protect her. Selling the lottery tickets, her son Samir becomes a famous lawyer, Abbas gets out of prison, and threatens Fatima in order to blackmail her family, so she kills him, then Ahmed is surprised by what she reached and regrets what he did to her, and her son Samir defends her and his father reveals her truth to him in public in court.
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