A father's love crashes into betrayal—Egyptian melodrama that'll wreck you in 110 minutes.
A happy family and a loving father who lavishes his daughter with love. Suddenly, the world changes. The man loses his money after speculating in the stock market. The father dies, but the misfortune that befell her father caused him to lose his fortune after one of the husband's friends set up a plot between him and His wife led to separation and the husband abandoned his wife.
Acting
Sabah's transformation from spoiled darling to suffering woman.
Direction
Helmy Rafla crafts devastating social critique beneath the soap.
Director
Helmy Rafla
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1953 melodrama captures Egypt's pre-revolution tensions—wealth, Western speculation, and crumbling patriarchal structures.
Sabah was already a massive star; this role cemented her 'tragic heroine' persona that dominated Arab cinema for decades.
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