The Escape from El-Khanka

Sep 21, 1987

2h 8m

★ 4.7

Overview

The teacher Mustafa turns to the TV anchor Nashwa to complain about her brother, who seized a piece of land he owns and installed a large refrigerator to store meat. When Nashwa tells her brother, he decides to get rid of Mustafa and send his sister to a mental hospital.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

أفلام 656 (ماجدة الخطيب)

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Cast

Magda El Khatib

Nour El-Sherif

Kamal Al-Shenawy

Farid Shawqy

Ezzat Al Alaily

Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Salah Nazmi

Saeed Abdel Ghani

Samira Mohsen

Amal Ibrahim

Mamdouh Wafi

Kamal Abo Raya

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