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A comedy western coming from Egypt. The title, "Viva Zalata", clearly reminds to "Viva Zapata!" (1952, directed by Elia Kazan). A bandit of Egyptian origins leads a gang of Mexican outlaws terrorizing a small city at the border between Mexico and the U.S..
21 Cast Members
Fouad Al-Mohandes
Zalata / Metwally
Shwikar
Negma
Samir Ghanem
Yellow Cloud
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Leader of the Trickers
Nabila El Sayed
salon owner
Hassan Mostafa
EL-Sherif
Gamal Ismail
General Batista
Salama Elias
Nightclub owner
Nabil ElHegrassy
Osama Abbas
US delegate
Nabil Badr
Mexico representative
Zouzou Chakib
Naima
Saif Allah Mokhtar
follower of Zalata
Helmy Hilaly
From Trickers
Hassan Abdeen
King size
Zakaria Mouafi
Hani, son of the salon owner
Ezz ElDein Islam
Undertaker
ElMontaser Bellah
Samiha Mohamed
The Undertaker's Wife
Hussein Fahmy
Billy the kid
