The Man Who Lost His Shadow

Oct 28, 1968

2h 10m

★ 6.5

Overview

The story of friendship on the eve of the free officers' revolution: Youssef, an unprincipled journalist, whose star rises thanks to his connections, and Shawki, an idealist man committed to social justice

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

المؤسسة المصرية العامة للسينما والتلفزيون والمسرح والموسيقى

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Cast

Youssef

Kamal Al-Shenawy

Mabrouka

Magda Al Sabahi

Abdel Hamid

Emad Hamdy

Shawki

Salah Zulfikar

Bahia / Samia Sami

Nelly

Anwar Sami

Yousuf Shaaban

Ali Jawhar

Shahdi Pasha

Nazim Sharawy

Mahmoud Rashad

Fatheia Shahin

Soheir Fakhry

Hassan Atla

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