A Citizen Under Investigation

May 3, 1993

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Overview

A Citizen Under Investigation is the great Egyptian director Henry Barakat's last film, and a damning indictment of Egypt's ruling military dictatorship.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Tawfiq Abdul Rahman

Farouq Al Fishawy

Ahmad

Ashraf Abdel Baky

Journalist Hamdi

Mahmoud El Gendy

Nadia Othman

Sohier Ramzy

Murad Mansour

Hassan Hosny

Khairiya Othman

Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Detective

Khalil Morsi

Ezzat ElMashad

Antar

Ahmed Abu Abiya

Hamdy Morsi

Abdul Mawjoud

Motawie Eweiss

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