A deadbeat uncle steals a baby's inheritance while Egypt swoons to Shadia's voice.
Hussein's family objects to his relationship with dancer Suhair, but he marries her, and she gives birth to Amal. Hussein goes to his family to tell them that he had a daughter. On the way to share this news, he is hit by a car. Before he dies, he tells his uncle about his wife and asks him to help his newly born daughter Amal. However, the uncle becomes a trustee of Hussein's will and covets it.
Acting
Shadia's breakout dual-role performance at 19
Score
Mohamed Abdel Wahab compositions that wreck you
Costume
Glittering 1950s Cairo nightlife fashion
Director
Youssef Maalouf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Shadia's first leading role; she was already a singing sensation but had to fight producers who thought she couldn't carry drama.
The 'fallen woman' dancer trope here reflects 1950s Egyptian anxiety about modernity—Suhair's respectability must be literally inherited by her daughter to restore family honor.
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