The Beginning and the End

The Beginning and the End

1960•2h 10m•8.0/10

Drama

Ratings

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8.0/10(9)

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.

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Production

Dinar Film

Language

AR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Hassanein

Sanaa Gamil

Sanaa Gamil

Nefisah

Farid Shawqy

Farid Shawqy

Hassan

Kamal Hussein

Kamal Hussein

Hussein

Amina Rizk

Amina Rizk

The Mother

Salah Mansour

Salah Mansour

The Grocer's Son

Amaal Farid

Amaal Farid

Bahiya

Abdel Khaleq Saleh

Abdel Khaleq Saleh

Hamed Morsi

Hamed Morsi

Mohamed Hamdy

Mohamed Hamdy

Samia Roshdy

Samia Roshdy

Hussain Ismael

Hussain Ismael

Thuraya Fakhry

Thuraya Fakhry

Abdel Moneim Ismail

Abdel Moneim Ismail

Mohamed Nabih

Mohamed Nabih

Uncle Jaber

Ahmed Shukry

Ahmed Shukry

Hassan Hassan Hassan

Mokhtar Hussain

Mokhtar Hussain

Shushu Ezz El Din

Shushu Ezz El Din

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