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Zaynab (film)

Zaynab
Film poster
Directed byMohammed Karim
Written byMohamed Hussein Heikal
Produced byYoussef Wahbi
StarringBahiga Hafez
Zaki Rostom
CinematographyMohamed Abdelazim
Hassan Murad
Gaston Madre
Edited byMohammed Karim
Music byBahiga Hafez
Production
company
Ramses Film
Release date
  • 9 April 1930 (1930-04-09) (Egypt)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Zaynab is a 1930 Egyptian silent film directed by Mohammed Karim.[1][2] It is based on the 1913 novel under the same name by Mohammed Hussein Heikal.[3][4] The film stars Bahiga Hafez and Zaki Rostom.[5][6][7]

Plot

A love story between Zaynab who works as a wage earner on agricultural lands and Ibrahim who supervises the farming of these lands. Her family rejects their marriage and make her marry a wealthy man, while Ibrahim gets drafted in the army leaving his sweetheart behind.

Staff

Cast

Primary cast

  • Bahiga Hafez as Zaynab
  • Zaki Rostom as Hassan
  • Sirag Mounir as Ibrahim
  • Dawlat Abyad as Zaynab's mother
  • Hassan Kamal as Mayor

Supporting cast

  • Hussein Aser
  • Alwiya Gamil
  • Munira Ahmed
  • Sayeda Fahmy
  • Abdelkader El-Messiri
  • Hassan Ahmadi
  • Gamal Hosni

See also

References

  1. ^ Abdelfattah, Heba Arafa (2023). Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-3995-2075-1. JSTOR 10.3366/jj.9941254.
  2. ^ Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
  3. ^ Shafik, Viola (2007). Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-416-065-3.
  4. ^ Vitali, Valentina; Willemen, Paul (2019-07-25). Theorising National Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83902-083-4.
  5. ^ The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment: Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2023-11-16. ISBN 978-0-7556-4741-5.
  6. ^ Brugman, J. (1984). An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt: By J. Brugman. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-07172-8.
  7. ^ Dina Al Mahdy (7 April 2020). "The golden age of Egyptian cinema".
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