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The Sparrow (1972 film)

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Al Asfour
Directed byYoussef Chahine
Screenplay byYoussef Chahine
Lotfi Al Khouli
Produced byMisr International Films MH Films
StarringMahmoud el-Meliguy
Salah Kabil
Salah Mansour
Ali El Sherif
Ahmed Bedir
Hamdy Ahmed
Habiba
Mohsena Tawfik
CinematographyMostafa Emam
Edited byRashida Abdel Salam
Music byHassan Abouzeid
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesAlgeria
Egypt
LanguageArabic

Al Asfour (Arabic: العصفور, "The Sparrow") is a 1972 film directed by Youssef Chahine,[1][2][3] with Ali Badrakhan[4] as second director.

Synopsis

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June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich.

Cast

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  • Salah Kabil as Yussif Fath el-Bab
  • Ali El Scherif as Rawf
  • Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ryad
  • Seif El Dine as Ismail
  • Mariem Fakhr El Dine as Fatma
  • Habiba
  • Mohsena Tewfik as Bahiya
  • Sid Ali Kouiret

References

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  1. ^ "Egypt's cinematic gems: The Sparrow". MadaMasr.
  2. ^ "THE SPARROW". Misr International Films.
  3. ^ "Youssef Chahine, the Cosmopolite of Egyptian Cinema". Harvard Film Archive.
  4. ^ "Ali Badrakhan - Director Filmography، photos، Video".
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