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Alley of The Pestle

Alley of The Pestle

Original Title: زقاق المدق

19632h 5m

Status

Released

Release

1963

Runtime

2h 5m

Storyline

This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 5m
Sep 21, 1963
Languages
Arabic
Production Countries
Egypt

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