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Oct 11, 1986

2h 55m

★ 8.0

Overview

A political and social play in which the old narrator preaches and guides during the Iran-Iraq war, the bombings that occurred in Kuwait and the attempted assassination of the Emir of the State of Kuwait during that period, and the clear difference in opinions between support for stopping the war on Iran and the positions of the President of Iraq.

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Drama

Comedy

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شركة المسرح الوطني الكويتي

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Saad Al-Faraj

Khaled Al-Nafisi

Ali AlMufeedi

Jassim Al-Nabhan

Abdul Emam Abdullah

Abdel Nasser Al-Zayer

Abdul Razzaq Khalaf

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