Al Asfour
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The Sparrow fascinates with its parallel strands of action. The various ways of encountering a criminal trader, namely by a police officer and a journalist, are ultimately only traces that lead to the tip of an iceberg: the corruption of Egyptian society on the eve of the Six-Day War.
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Credits
Original Title
Al-asfour
Title
Al Asfour
Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Country
Egypt
Year
1972
Screenplay
Youssef Chahine, Lofti al-Kholi
Film Editing
Rashida Abd al-Salam
Soundtrack
Ali Ismail, Sheikh Imam, N. Bahgat
Cinematography
Mustafa Imam
Sound
Nassri Abd al-Nur
Production
Youssef Chahine
Formats
DVD
Runtime
105 min.
Language
Arabisch/d/f
Cast
Salah Kabil, Ali El Scherif, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Seif El Dine, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Habiba, Mohsena Tewfik