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1955

The Fools Alley

Directed by Tawfiq Saleh

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.

Duration

1h 30m

Released

January 2, 1955

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Cast17

  • Shoukry Sarhan
  • Berlanty Abdel Hamid
  • Tawfiq Al-Deqen
  • Abdel Ghani Qamar
  • Nadia Al Sabei
  • Hassan El Baroudy
  • Saad Ardash
  • Rafeaa ElShal
  • Ahmed Abaza

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