A doctor heals a dancer's liver but poisons his own life — classic Egyptian melodrama goes HARD.
Dr. Mounir Saber (Youssef Wahbi) is a committed and perfect man in his work and devotes all his time in his clinic and lectures to students. Married to a vicious woman jealous and heart patient (Najma Ibrahim). He meets in the train while traveling with booze Ghanaian (Madiha Youssri) and her friend (Nelly Mazloum) and a relationship arises between them and treat her where she suffers from the deterioration of the liver as a result of drinking liquor with the cabaret in which she works. Dr. Mounir falls in love with her and exploits the opportunity to deplete his money and offer it to her thugs lover Jalal Abu Mashtar (Farid Shawky). His wife discovers the loss of shares that she had saved and spent on the wine and quarrel with him and die of shock
Acting
Youssef Wahby's slow descent from smug doctor to ruined fool.
Direction
Wahby directing himself into absolute moral destruction.
Costume
Madiha Yousri's cabaret glamour vs. the doctor's respectable suits.
Director
Youssef Wahby
Youssef Wahby
الدكتور منير
Farid Shawqy
جلال أبو مشرط
Madiha Yousri
خمرية
Negma Ibrahim
حميدة
Nelly Mazloum
الراقصة نيللي
Omar Afifi
زبون الصالة
Zaki ElFayomy
طالب بكلية الطب
Ahmed Allam
الدكتور عزت
Fakher Fakher
المريض
Abdel Meguid Shukry
عميد الكلية
Mahmoud Reda
الدكتور شاكر
Abdelalim Khattab
ضابط السجن
Rushdy Abaza
ضابط المباحث
Zaki Mohamed Hassan
عضو العصابة
Mohamed Shawqi
رجل السنترال
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1948 Egyptian cinema was obsessed with the 'fallen woman' trope, but here she's the predator and the respectable man is the fool — rare gender flip for the era.
Youssef Wahby was Egypt's biggest star AND director; this was one of his darkest roles, essentially dismantling his own 'dignified intellectual' screen persona.
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