The Black Market (1945)
1945 · 1h 40m · Drama
Genres: Drama
A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics.
Director: Kamel El Telmessani
Writers: Kamel El Telmessani
Music by: Abdel Halim Noweira, Mohamed Al Shoga'ie
Cinematography: Ahmed Khorshed
Editor: Emile Bahri
Cast
Zaki Rostom as ابو محمودEmad Hamdy as حامدAbdel Fattah Al-Qosari as سيد البقالAqeila Rateb as نجيةMohamed Kamal ElMasry as هاشم الحلاقMohammed Tawfik as حسن (العبيط)Fardous Hassan as سونا (الزوجة الجديدة)Thuraya Helmy as نعيمةThuraya Fakhry as أم محمودElSayed Bedir as مصطفى (الفران)Abdel Hamid Zaki as حسونة الجزارHassan Kamel as الترزيMore like this
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