This Is Love (1958 film) explained

Native Name:	هذا هو الحب
Runtime:	125 minutes
Studio:	Orient Films Distribution
Language:	Arabic

This Is Love (Arabic: هذا هو الحب transliterated as Hatha howa al’ob) is an Egyptian film released on October 22, 1958. The film is directed by Salah Abu Seif, features a screenplay written by Muhammed Kamel Hassan al-Mohami, and stars Lobna Abdel Aziz and Yehia Chahine.

Plot

Hussein is a civil engineer in his town with an unusual mentality. He is conservative and committed to finding a virgin wife, and he sees Sharifa as a suitable prospect. He proposes and she agrees. However, ten days into the marriage, Hussein discovers his wife has a romantic past and sees her as a fallen woman, leading her to suffer greatly from the consequent divorce.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Lobna Abdel Aziz (Sharifa)
• Yehia Chahine (Hussein)
• Hussein Riad (Sharifa's father)
• Mahmoud Azmy (Fouad)
• Abdel Moneim Ibrahim (Tawfiq)
• Omar El-Hariri (Bahgat)
• Mary Mounib (Hussein's mother)
• Ferdoos Mohammed (Sharifa's mother)
• Soheir El-Barouni (Samiha)
• Salah Abdulhameed (spice miller in the poor neighborhood)
• Shafik Nour El Din (cabaret founder)
• Gamalat Zayed (Mrs. Zaha)
• Kamal Anwar
• Abdel Moneim Ismail (Ali, a gofer)
• Zein el-Ashmawy (Fouad's friend)
• Zeinat Olwi (dancer)
• Badr Nofal (hotel guest)
• Hussein Ismail (Zaki)
• Metawee Eweiss (furniture porter)
• Toson Moatamed (furniture porter)
• Abdelazim Kamel (company engineer)

External links

• El Cinema page
• IMDb page
• Dhliz page
• Karohat page

Notes and References

1. News: Al-Sukari . Al-Abbas . الخميس.. "هذا هو الحب" على "روتانا زمان" . 4 April 2023 . . August 31, 2011.
2. News: Gharib . Osama . هذا هو الحب . 4 April 2023 . Masr al-Arabia . May 20, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220501162434/https://m.masralarabia.net/https://m.masralarabia.net/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA/823-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8/597677-%D9%87%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A8 . May 1, 2022.
3. News: Gharib . Osama . الرجل المظلوم . 4 April 2023 . . September 10, 2017.