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Bab el Maftuh, El

El Bab el Maftuh (1963)

Drama | 104 minutes

4,00 1 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 104 minuten

Alternative titles: The Open Door / لباب المفتوح

Country: Egypt

Directed by: Henry Barakat

Stars: Faten Hamamah, Mahmoud Moursy and Saleh Selim

IMDb score: 7,6 (507)

Releasedate: 7 October 1963

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El Bab el Maftuh plot

Laila is an outspoken, free-spirited student who constantly has to deal with patriarchal oppression in her life. At home she has her violent father. Her first love, Essem, subjects her to sexual violence and later there is the respected but conservative professor Dr. Fouad, her fiancé. Only the freedom fighter Hussain, a comrade of her brother Mahmoud, shares her ideals. Eventually she joins him in the national struggle.

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Actors and actresses

Faten Hamamah

Laila Sliman

Saleh Selim

Hussein Amer

Hassan Youssef

Essam

Gamila

Mahmoud Moursy

Dr. Fouad

Nahed Samir

Layla's mother

Mimi Chakib

Layla's aunt

Laila Anwar

Sanaa

Adila

Ya'qoub Mikhail

Ya'qoub Mikhail

Layla's father

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