The Mute

Nov 10, 1980

1h 35m

★ 6.0

Overview

Engineer Ahmed indirectly causes the death of his colleague Hossam, and suffers from a neurological trauma that causes him to be mute. He gets to know Aida, who admires him, so they plan to get married despite her father's objections.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

معامل مدينة السينما

The Mute Trailers

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Cast

Ahmed

Mahmoud Yassin

Aida

Madiha Kamel

Aida's father

Salah Nazmi

Laila

Eman

Zeinab

Ehsan Sherif

Khadiga

Nahed Samir

Nagwa

Aaidah Riyadh

Hossam

Adel Borham

The Doctor

Ashraf El-Selehdar

Nadia

Taghreed Abdulhamid

Adel

Ahmed Maher

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