The Open Door (1963)

★ 6.4/10 115 min Drama, Romance Egypt Arabic

Director: Henry Barakat

Screenplay by: Henry Barakat, Yussef Issa
Dialogue: Yussef Issa

Streaming: Not available

Description

Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.

Top Cast

Faten Hamama Laila Sliman

Saleh Selim Hussein Amer

Hassan Youssef Essam

Shwikar Gamila

Mahmoud Moursy Dr. Fouad

Nahed Samir Layla's mother

Mimi Chakib Layla's aunt

Khadija Mahmoud