
Alley of The Pestle
This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.
Top Billed Cast

Shadia
Hameeda

Salah Qabil
Abbas Al-Helou

Hassan Youssef
Hussein

Yousuf Shaaban
Farag

Samia Gamal
Shukriya
Featured Crew

Hassan Al-Imam
Director

Naguib Mahfouz
Story

Anwar Al Shinnawy
Assistant Director

Saad al-Din Wahbah
Writer