Samara (1956 film) explained

Samara
Native Name:
Director:Hasan El-Saifi
Starring:Taheyya Kariokka,
Mahmoud Ismail,
Muhsen Sarhan,
Mahmoud Al Meleji,
Mohamed El Sebai
Color Process:black and white
Country:Egypt
Language:Arabic

Samara also known as Samarah, is a 1956 Egyptian musical action drama film, by director Hasan El-Saifi.[1] [2] Starring in the film are Taheyya Kariokka, Mahmoud Ismail, Muhsen Sarhan, Mohamed El Sebai, and Mahmoud Al Meleji.[3] [4]

The plot of the film is about love and crime. A drug smuggler named Sultan (Mahmoud Ismail) fulls in love with a dancer named Samarah (Taheyya Kariokka), and she has no family. He marries her and she starts to work with him and his gang in the drug trade. One of the people in the gang is arrested by the police, causing a disruption for the remaining gang members.

It is one of the films listed on the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's 100 Greatest Egyptian Films (2006).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: وفاة المخرج المصري حسن الصيفي . The death of the Egyptian director Hassan El-Saifi . 2023-04-21 . . ar.
  2. Book: مصطفى, درويش، . سنوات الذهبية في السينما المصرية: سينما كايرو، ١٩٣٦-١٩٦٧ . رفيق . صبان، . 2008 . American University in Cairo Press . 978-977-416-173-5 . 1934 . en . The Golden Years in Egyptian Cinema: Cairo Cinema, 1936–1967.
  3. Web site: Samarah . 2023-04-21 . Kinorium . en.
  4. Book: قاسم, محمود . الوجه والقناع.. أشرار السينما المصرية . 2017-01-01 . وكالة الصحافة العربية . 1935 . ar . The Face and the Mask.. The Villains of Egyptian Cinema.