The Leech (1956 film)
{{short description|1956 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Leech
| image =
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| director = Salah Abu Seif
Amin Yousseff Ghurab
| producer = Wahid Farid
Ramses Naguib
| writer = Salah Abu Seif
Amin Yousseff Ghurab
Sayid Bidir
| narrator =
| starring = Taheyya Kariokka
Shoukry Sarhan
| music =
| cinematography = Wahid Farid
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1956|01|09|df=y}}
| runtime = 126 minutes
| country = Egypt
| language = Arabic
| budget =
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The Leech ({{langx|ar|Shabab emraa}}, also known as A Woman's Youth) is a 1956 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Festival de Cannes: The Leech |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3588/year/1956.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208072600/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3588/year/1956.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 |accessdate=6 February 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com}}
Synopsis
The film revolves around Imam Biltagy Hassanein Shoukry Sarhan), a young man who comes from the countryside to study in Cairo. In the Al-Khalifa neighboorhood, he rents a house from a woman named Shafaat (Taheyya Kariokka). Seduced by her, he indulges in vice and falls behind on his studies. On the other hand, a young woman close to him who has known him since childhood helps out of the spiral. The latter woman’s father advises Biltagy to stay away from her, so he fights to break out of Shafaat’s clutches.
Cast
- Taheyya Kariokka (Shafaat)
- Shoukry Sarhan (Imam Biltagy Hussein)
- Shadia (Salwa)
- Abdel Warress Asser (Uncle Hasbo)
- Seraj Munir (Ismail al-Sharnouby
- Ferdoos Mohammed (Imam's mother)
- Mary Ezz el-Din (Mrs. Sharnouby)
- Soleiman el-Gendy (Fathi)
- Abbas el-Daly
- Abdel Moneim Bassioni (police officer)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0049746|title=The Leech}}
- [https://elcinema.com/en/work/1006817 El Cinema page]
- [https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/127956 Kinopoisk page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.elfilm.com/title/49652/ archived El Film page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180114185724/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shabab_emraa/ Rotten Tomatoes page]
- [https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1924.html AlloCiné page]
- [https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film443959.html FilmAffinity page]
- [https://letterboxd.com/film/a-womans-youth Letterboxd page]
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Category:1950s Arabic-language films
Category:Egyptian black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Salah Abu Seif
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