Among the Ruins

{{Infobox film

| name = Among the Ruins
بين الأطلال

| image = Bain El Atlal.jpg

| caption =

| native_name =

| director = Ezz El-Dine Zulficar

| producer = Salah Zulfikar

| writer = Yusuf Sibai
Mohamed Osman
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar

| narrator =

| starring = Faten Hamama
Emad Hamdy
Salah Zulfikar

| music =

| cinematography = Wahid Farid

| editing = Albert Naguib

| studio = Ezz El-Dine Zulficar Films Company

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1959|11|17}}

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| country = Egypt

| language = Arabic

| budget =

}}

Among the Ruins{{Citation|title=Bain el atlal (1959) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356387/|language=en-US|access-date=2021-07-28}} ({{langx|arz|بين الأطلال}}, translit. Bain el Atlal) is a 1959 Egyptian romance film directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and produced by the Egyptian film producers; Salah Zulfikar and Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.

The film is based on a novel written by Yusuf Sibai. It stars Faten Hamama, Emad Hamdy and Salah Zulfikar. Hamama received an award for her performance and the film was listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films in 1996.{{cite web | url =http://www.fatenhamama.com/Arabic/films/BEIN-ALATLAL.html | title =Bain el Atlal | accessdate =2007-04-04 | publisher =Faten Hamama's official website | language =Arabic}}{{Cite web|title=Top 100 Egyptian Films (CIFF)|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls033161709/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=IMDb|language=en}}

Plot

Mona (Faten Hamama) is a university student who falls in love with her professor Mahmoud (Emad Hamdy), who is also a gifted writer. Mahmoud proposes to Mona but her mother refuses and Mona marries another man and leaves the country. Years later after she returns, Mona visits a sick Mahmoud in a hospital. Mahmoud expresses his love to Mona as he lies in his deathbed. And Mona’s son Kamal (Salah Zulfikar) falls in love with Mahmoud’s daughter (Sophie Tharwat).{{cite web|url=http://www.arabicmovies.net/showcasset.asp?format=PAL&q=100197&ctg=21&cp=4 |script-title=ar:بين الأطلال |accessdate=2007-04-04 |publisher=Arabic Movies |language=Arabic |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040525011521/http://arabicmovies.net/showcasset.asp?format=PAL&q=100197&ctg=21&cp=4 |archivedate=May 25, 2004 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5579 |title=The 12 Greatest Romantic Movies of All Time |date=February 13, 2007 |accessdate=2007-04-04 |author=Fahim, Joseph |publisher=Daily Star |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708222400/http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5579 |archivedate=2011-07-08 }}

Cast

Faten Hamama as Mona
Emad Hamdy as Mahmoud
Salah Zulfikar as Kamal
Fouad El-Mohandes as Abdel Moneim
Sophie Tharwat as Mona Mahmoud
Rawhiyya Khaled
Samiha Ayoub

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0356387}}

Category:1959 films

Category:1950s Arabic-language films

Category:1950s romance films

Category:Egyptian black-and-white films

Category:Egyptian romance films

Category:Films directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar

Category:1950s Egyptian films