Zeinab, a simple worker in a farm falls in love with her supervisor but she is forced by her family to marry a rich man
Acting
Bahiga Hafez's expressive eyes carry entire silent-adjacent scenes
Direction
Karim merges European melodrama with Egyptian folk storytelling
Director
Mohammed Karim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from a Mohamed Hussein Heikal novel considered 'too European' by critics—Karim proved Egyptian audiences wanted complex women.
Bahiga Hafez financed this herself when studios balked at a 'talking picture,' making her Egypt's first female producer.
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