The Killers (1971 film) explained

The Killers
Native Name:
Director:	Ashraf Fahmy
Producer:	Mohammed Younes
Cinematography:	Refaat Ragheb
Editing:	Gamil Abdel Aziz
Studio:	General Egyptian Coropration for Cinema Production
Distributor:	General Egyptian Coropration for Cinema Production
Country:	Egypt
Language:	Egyptian Arabic

The Killers^[1] (Egyptian Arabic: القتلة, translit: El-Qatala or Al-Qatala)^{[2] [3] [4]} is a 1971 Egyptian crime thriller starring Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Sherif. The film is written by Mahmoud Abu Zeid and directed by Ashraf Fahmy.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Synopsis

Adel Shawkat has a firm belief that his stepfather killed his father to marry his mother. He makes a strange deal with the unemployed Aziz Abu El Ezz, who wants to get rid of his wife Sawsan, to cash her life insurance policy. Adel pledges to kill Aziz's wife in return for Aziz killing his stepfather.

Main cast

• Salah Zulfikar: Adel Shawkat
• Nahed Sherif: Sawsan Fahmy
• Adel Adham: Aziz Abu El Ezz
• Zozo Chakib: Adel's mother
• Gamal Ismail: Public prosecutor
• Emad Muharram: Emad Rashad
• Ashraf El-Selehdar: Hussein
• Hussein Ismail: Shawish

Production

The film was produced and distributed by the state owned, General Egyptian Coropration for Cinema Production.

See also

• Crime thrillers
• Egyptian cinema
• Salah Zulfikar filmography
• List of Egyptian films of the 1970s

External links

• • The Killers on elCinema

Notes and References

1. Book: Armes, Roy. Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage. 2008. KARTHALA Editions. 978-2-84586-958-5. fr.
2. Web site: Al-Qatala Film - 1971 - Dhliz - Leading Egyptian movie and artist database . 2021-08-11 . dhliz.com.
3. Book: Armes, Roy . Dictionary of African Filmmakers . 2008 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-35116-6 . en.
4. Book: قاسم, أ محمود . دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين . 1999 . مجموعة النيل العربية . 978-977-5919-02-1 . ar.
5. Book: Bazzoli. Maria Silvia. Onde del desiderio: il cinema egiziano dalle origini agli anni Settanta. Gariazzo. Giuseppe. 2001. Torino film festival, Associazione cinema giovani. 978-88-88357-01-0. it.
6. Book: قاسم, محمود. الاقتباس " المصادر الأجنبية في السينما المصرية ". 2018-11-24. وكالة الصحافة العربية. ar.
7. Book: قاسم, أ محمود. دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين. 1999. مجموعة النيل العربية. 978-977-5919-02-1. ar.