The Shadow's Edge
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Film / 1991
The Escape
Directed by
Atef El-Tayeb
Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.
The story
Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.
Cast
Ahmed ZakiMontaser Abdel Ghaffar
Abdelaziz MakhyounSalem Zidane
Hala SedkiSabah
Mohamed WafiqColonel Fouad Al-Sharnoubi
Abu Bakr EzzatMajor General Ismail
Hassan HosnyMinister assistant
Zouzou NabilSakina’s aunt - Muntaser’s mother
Mahmoud El-BezzawyAbdullah Abdul Ghaffar
Youssef FawzyMedhat
Abd Allah MeshrefOmran
Salah AbdallahMakhzanji the forger
Mohamed HenediQenawy Abu Ismail
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Ahmed AdamAziz - journalist
Sherif Mounir
Hanem MohamedUmm Zainab
Mohamed Abu Hashish
Ahmad Al AdalKhater
Motawie EweissZachary
Hussein ArarNewspaper seller
Mofid AshourCaptain Magdy
Aida FahmyZeinab
Bassam RagabOfficer Kamal
Ahmed Abu AbiyaMontaser’s uncle and Zainab’s father
Laila SheirNagwan
Ezzat ElMashadMurad
Nahed IsmailUmm Saeed, Montaser’s neighbor
Mansour Al Jawhari
Samir WaheedFarid Ezzat - currency trader
Hussni Saqrjudge
Nermin Kamal
Saeed Shanbar
Hassan Shebl
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