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The Beginning and the End(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-10-31
80%
9 Votes
Time: 2h 10m
Overview:
Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.
Languages: Arabic.
Countries:
Egypt
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Beginning and the End
Top 10 Billed Cast
Omar Sharif
Hassanein
Sanaa Gamil
Nefisah
فريد شوقي
Hassan
Kamal Hussein
Hussein
Amina Rizk
The Mother
Salah Mansour
The Grocer's Son
Amaal Farid
Bahiya
Abdel Khaleq Saleh
Hamed Morsi
Mohamed Hamdy
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