The Killers (1971 film)
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القتلة | |
Directed by | Ashraf Fahmy |
Written by | Mahmoud Abu Zeid |
Produced by | Mohammed Younes |
Starring | Salah Zulfikar Nahed Sherif |
Cinematography | Refaat Ragheb |
Edited by | Gamil Abdel Aziz |
Production company | General Egyptian Coropration for Cinema Production |
Distributed by | General Egyptian Coropration for Cinema Production |
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Country | Egypt |
Language | Egyptian Arabic |
The Killers[1] (Egyptian Arabic: القتلة translit: El Qatala or Al Qatala) is a 1971 Egyptian crime thriller directed by Ashraf Fahmy.[2] The film stars Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Sherif.[3][4][5]
Plot[]
Adel Shawkat has a firm belief that his stepfather killed his father to marry his mother. He makes a strange deal with the unemployed Aziz Abu El Ezz, who wants to get rid of his wife Sawsan, to cash her life insurance policy. Adel pledges to kill Aziz's wife in return for Aziz killing his stepfather.
Cast[]
- Salah Zulfikar: Adel Shawkat
- Nahed Sherif: Sawsan Fahmy
- Adel Adham: Aziz Abu El Ezz
- Zozo Shakib: Adel's mother
- Gamal Ismail: Public prosecutor
- Hussein Ismail: Hassan
- Emad Muharram: Emad Rashad
- Hussein Ismail: Shawish
Production[]
The film was produced and distributed by the state owned, General Egyptian Coropration for Cinema Production.
References[]
- ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5.
- ^ Bazzoli, Maria Silvia; Gariazzo, Giuseppe (2001). Onde del desiderio: il cinema egiziano dalle origini agli anni Settanta (in Italian). Torino film festival, Associazione cinema giovani. ISBN 978-88-88357-01-0.
- ^ Movie - The Killers - 1971 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-07-27
- ^ "Al-Qatala Film - 1971 - Dhliz - Leading Egyptian movie and artist database". dhliz.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1971 films
- Egyptian crime action films
- Arabic-language films
- Films shot in Egypt
- Egyptian black-and-white films
- Egyptian films in the 20th century
- Egyptian film stubs