The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1971
The Choice
Directed by
Youssef Chahine
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the writer seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?
The story
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the writer seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?
Cast
Ezzat Al AlailySayed / Mahmoud
Soad HosnySherifa
Huda SultanBaheya
Mahmood Al-MelejiFarrag
Seif AbdelrahmanRaouf
Youssef WahbyYoussef Wahby
Mimi Chakib
Ali Al Sharif
Madiha Kamel
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra
Ashraf El-Selehdar
Soheir Fakhry
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