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The Fools Alley(1955)
Status: Released
Date: 1955-01-02
63%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.
Languages: Arabic.
Countries:
Egypt
ProductionCompanies:
Aflam Al Nagah
Movie: The Fools Alley
Top 10 Billed Cast
Shoukry Sarhan
طة - صبى العجلاتى
Berlanty Abdel Hamid
خديجة عزوز
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
عبده عماره
Abdel Ghani Qamar
قفه - الأبله
nadia el sabaa
سنيه بيومى - العاهره
Hassan el Baroudi
الأسطى عماره - العجلاتى
Saad Ardash
شيخ الزاوية
Rafeaa ElShal
فاطمة - والدة خديجه
Ahmed Abaza
المتشرد
Shafiq Nour ElDein
مدبولى الفوال
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Overview
Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.
Release Date
1955-01-02
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Rating:
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