The story revolves around Sultan, the poor child who grows up and becomes a military correspondent at an elite brigade. He enjoys the sympathy of the police officer, the son of the general, unlike the rest of the house.
Acting
Farid Shawqy's hungry eyes say everything words can't.
Direction
Niazi Mostafa frames class like a crime scene.
Director
Niazi Mostafa
Farid Shawqy
سلطان
Rushdy Abaza
عصام
Berlanty Abdel Hamid
زكية الخدامة
Nadia Lotfi
الصحفية خطيبة عصام
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
ابو سنة المكوجي
Samiha Tawfiq
عشيقة زعيم الجبل
Adly Kasseb
اللواء ابو عصام
Fakher Fakher
المعلم عواد
Nabil ElZaqzouqy
سلطان طفلًا
Aziza Helmy
زوجة اللواء
Nahed Samir
أم سلطان
Mohamed Reda
مامور القسم
Abdel Aziz Ghonaim
Reyaad ElQasabgy
الغفير زوج ام سلطان
Abdel Ghani Qamar
الدكتور الذي يحقن المخدرات
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Egypt's post-revolutionary optimism, the film quietly questions whether 1952 actually changed who holds the keys.
Farid Shawqy was so convincing as the social climber that critics initially refused to believe he wasn't actually from poverty—he'd studied law and came from a middle-class family.
EG
