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Type:
Black and White
Duration:
110 minutes
Production year:
1952
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Trivia (3)
El-Antably says he is going to see a play by Youssef Wahby (who is one of the film's stars, playing Shehata).
Many of the actors perform songs in voice-over: Wedad Hamdy / Faten Hamama / Fardous Muhammad / Sanaa Samih / Samira Ahmad (not in their own voices).
The alley's name: "Darb El-Qotta".
Goofs (9)
As Boraei the servant walks, the camera's shadow can be seen behind him more than once.
We see Asrar in the sun, but in the close-up most of her face is in shadow, at a steeper angle than in the previous shot. Then we see her completely in the shade. A lock of hair also appears and disappears.
In The Maid's song for Shehata, the position of her hand on his arm differs from one shot to another.
When Shahtout falls, we see a flower in his ear, but when he falls in the next shot it suddenly disappears.
The Secretary puts his hand on the paper to write, but in the next shot his hand is away from the paper.
The articulation does not match the mouth movements in the song at Shehata's palace, and the same thing happens in the first song in the kitchen.
In Shahtout's conversation with Asrar at her house, we see both his hands on the cane, but in the next shot we see only one hand.
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Characters (12)