A father's matchmaking goes sideways when his daughter's heart has other plans — and then the dancers get involved.
Sanaa is the daughter of Mukhtar Pasha, a young woman who prefers to marry Susu Beek, one of the sons of the high class of her father's friends, and her father welcomes this, but she refuses to marry because she loves Hussein Her father, Khateeb, discovers that Soso is in agreement with the director of the company to rhythm between them, and one of the dancers is called to pretend that she is the wife of the engineer and the events and surprises follow.
Acting
Shadia's luminous screen presence anchors the romantic chaos.
Costume
Elegant 1950s Egyptian high-society fashion throughout.
Production
Authentic Cairo locations capturing a bygone era.
Director
Hassan Ramzy
Shadia
Sanaa
Ismail Yasseen
Nabih نبيه
Sanaa Gamil
Noura نورا
Sohier Ramzy
طفلة
Kamal Al-Shenawy
Hussein Effendi Fahmy حسين أفندي فهمي
Soliman Naguib
Ahmed Basha Mukhtar أحمد باشا مختار
Abdelsalam Al-Nabulsi
Souso Bey سوسو بيه
Kitty
Stephan Rosti
Abbas Effendi عباس أفندي
Thuraya Helmy
Nousa نوسة
Zouzou Chakib
Inayat Hanem عنايات هانم
Naima Wasfi
Hamida حميدة
Sanaa Samih
Abdel Hameed Badawy
الشاويش
Ibrahim Fawzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film exemplifies 1950s Egyptian 'white telephone' cinema — glamorous melodramas about wealthy families that dominated Arab film production before the industry's 1960s nationalization.
Shadia was already Egypt's biggest singing star when she made this; director Hassan Ramzy cast her repeatedly, knowing her star power could carry even convoluted romantic plots.
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