Among the Ruins explained

Among the Ruins
بين الأطلال
Director:Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Producer:Salah Zulfikar
Starring:Faten Hamama
Emad Hamdy
Salah Zulfikar
Cinematography:Wahid Farid
Editing:Albert Naguib
Studio:Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films Company
Country:Egypt
Language:Arabic

Among the Ruins (بين الأطلال, translit. Bain el Atlal) is a 1959 Egyptian romance film directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and produced by the Egyptian film producers; Salah Zulfikar and Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.

The film is based on a novel written by Yusuf Sibai. It stars Faten Hamama, Emad Hamdy and Salah Zulfikar. Hamama received an award for her performance and the film was listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films in 1996.[1] [2]

Plot

Mona (Faten Hamama) is a university student who falls in love with her professor Mahmoud (Emad Hamdy), who is also a gifted writer. Mahmoud proposes to Mona but her mother refuses and Mona marries another man and leaves the country. Years later after she returns, Mona visits a sick Mahmoud in a hospital. Mahmoud expresses his love to Mona as he lies in his deathbed. And Mona’s son Kamal (Salah Zulfikar) falls in love with Mahmoud’s daughter (Sophie Tharwat).[1] [3] [4]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bain el Atlal . 2007-04-04 . Faten Hamama's official website . Arabic.
  2. Web site: Top 100 Egyptian Films (CIFF). 2021-09-05. IMDb. en.
  3. Web site: http://www.arabicmovies.net/showcasset.asp?format=PAL&q=100197&ctg=21&cp=4 . ar:بين الأطلال . 2007-04-04 . Arabic Movies . Arabic . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040525011521/http://arabicmovies.net/showcasset.asp?format=PAL&q=100197&ctg=21&cp=4 . May 25, 2004 .
  4. Web site: The 12 Greatest Romantic Movies of All Time . February 13, 2007 . 2007-04-04 . Fahim, Joseph . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708222400/http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5579 . 2011-07-08 .