A gold-digger stepmom, a framed ingenue, and enough melodrama to fuel a dozen telenovelas — 1950s Egyptian cinema at its most deliciously wicked.
After his wife dies, Taysir Bey marries the promiscuous woman, Kawthar Hanim, who always deludes her husband that he is sick. His son Ahmed loves the girl Ne'amat, but his stepmother wants him to marry her daughter, so she frames Ne'amat with the help of her lover, Farag.
Acting
Shadia's luminous innocence vs. Zouzou Chakib's delicious villainy.
Direction
Hassan Al-Imam crafts soap opera grandeur with genuine visual flair.
Costume
Glamorous 1950s Cairo fashion that screams status and secrets.
Director
Hassan Al-Imam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film exemplifies the 'women's weepie' genre that dominated 1950s Egyptian cinema, where female audiences could safely explore anxieties about marriage, inheritance, and patriarchal vulnerability.
Shadia was already a rising star when this released; her pairing with Kamal Al-Shenawy became one of Egyptian cinema's most beloved on-screen romances across dozens of films.
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