A prince of the former royal family finds himself without a meaningful role in post-revolutionary Egyptian society. Based on the play by Tawfiq el-Hakim.
Acting
Ahmed Mazhar's princely pride crumbling scene by scene.
Production
Cairo's Golden Age glamour meets socialist realism.
Writing
Tawfiq el-Hakim's sharp class satire still stings.
Director
Mahmoud Zulfiqar
Ahmed Mazhar
البرنس شوكت حلمي
Sabah
كريمة عبدالسلام
Salah Zulfikar
الدكتور حمودة
Mariam Fakhr Eddine
البرنسيسة جيهان شوكت حلمي
Wedad Hamdy
ظاظا - زوجة تاجر المواشي
Laila Taher
البرنسيسة ميرفت شوكت حلمي
Ahmed Loxer
النبيل عماد
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
سفرجي
Hussain Ismael
زغلول - سفرجي
Ahmed Khamis
سالم عبدالسلام
Kamel Anwar
لولو - تاجر المواشى
Hussein Asar
الحاج عبدالسلام
Abbas El Daly
بائع البسبوسه
Edmond Tuima
صاحب شركة الإسطوانات
Mohamed Edriss
عثمان - سفرجي
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released a decade after the 1952 revolution, this was Nasser-era cinema negotiating what to do with Egypt's aristocratic past—nostalgia with a socialist haircut.
Sabah was Lebanon's biggest star; her casting as the working-class heroine was deliberate soft power—pan-Arab unity through musical numbers.
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