Life or Death (film)
1954 Egyptian film
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Life or Death (Arabic: حياة أو موت, romanized: Ḥayāh aw Mawt) is a 1954 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2][3][4][5]
Directed byKamal El Sheikh
Written byAli El-Zarqani
Produced byLotus Film (Asia and Associates)
Starring
| Life or Death | |
|---|---|
| حياة أو موت | |
| Directed by | Kamal El Sheikh |
| Written by | Ali El-Zarqani |
| Produced by | Lotus Film (Asia and Associates) |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ahmed Khurshid |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Synopsis
The film talks about the story of a man who is sick with the heart, so he sends his daughter to come to you with treatment and to cure the one who is in a hurry, but the person who gave his daughter the medicine discovers that this medicine contains a deadly poison because of the wrong composition of the medicine.
Cast
- Emad Hamdi
- Youssef Wahby
- Madiha Yousri
- Hussein Riad: played the role of (pharmacist)
- Rushdi Abaza: played the role of (police officer)
- Duha Amir: played the role of (the child Samira)
- Adly Kasseb: played the role of (officer)
- Ahmed Al-Haddad: He played the role of (from whom the ring was stolen)
- Ezzedine Shaker
Reception
The film has been included in the 2006 Bibliotheca Alexandrina's 100 Greatest Egyptian Films.[6]
