Cairo 30

Oct 31, 1966

2h 10m

★ 7.5

Overview

Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

المؤسسة المصرية العامة للسينما والتلفزيون والمسرح والموسيقى

شركة القاهرة للإنتاج السينمائي

Cairo 30 Trailers

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Cast

إحسان

Soad Hosny

محجوب عبدالدايم

Hamdy Ahmed

علي طه

Abdel Aziz Mekwi

أحمد بدير

Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

سالم الإخشيدي

Ahmed Tawfiq

الوزير قاسم بك

Ahmed Mazhar

والد إحسان/ شحاته تركى

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

والد محجوب عبدالدايم

Shafiq Nour ElDein

زوجة الوزير

Aqeila Rateb

والدة إحسان

Naima ElSoghier

منصور

Raouf Moustafa

إكرام هانم نيروز

Bahiga Hafez

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