The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his early childhood.
Acting
Ahmed Zaki's final role — physically transformed, spiritually possessed.
Production
Lavish 1950s-70s Cairo recreated with obsessive period detail.
Score
Abd Alhalim's actual voice — impossible to separate from the performance.
Director
Sherif Arafa
Ahmed Zaki
عبدالحليم حافظ
Mona Zaki
نوال حسن نصر
Haitham Ahmed Zaki
عبدالحليم حافظ -شابًا
Ezzat Abu Ouf
محمد عبد الوهاب
Jamal Soleiman
رمزى
Sulaf Fawakherji
جيهان
Asser Yassin
الوجه الجديد - مصطفي عازف فيولينه
Youssef Fawzy
د. ياسين عبدالغفار
Mohamed Shoman
قهوجي الحارة
Youssef El Sherif
أحد جماهير عبد الحليم
Salah Abdallah
مجدي العمروسي
Samira Abdulaziz
علية شبانة - أخت عبدالحليم
Raouf Moustafa
جد جيهان
Hassan El-Adl
محمد الموجي
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ahmed Zaki died before completing filming; his son Haitham finished the young Halim scenes, making this a ghostly father-son collaboration.
Abd Alhalim Hafez remains Egypt's best-selling artist decades after his death; the film debuted to massive crowds who grew up on his music.
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