The Beginning and the End (1960)

بداية ونهاية

8.2 out of 10 · 1960 · 130 min · Drama

Overview

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.

Directed by Salah Abu Seif

Cast

• Omar Sharif as Hassanein
• Sanaa Gamil as Nefisah
• Farid Shawqy as Hassan
• Kamal Hussein as Hussein
• Amina Rizk as The Mother
• Salah Mansour as The Grocer's Son
• Amaal Farid as Bahiya
• Abdel Khaleq Saleh
• Hamed Morsi
• Mohamed Hamdy
• Samia Roshdy
• Hussain Ismael

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