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The Downtown Apartment

The Downtown Apartment

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Drama

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In a representation of the housing problem in Egypt, a group of friends reunited by their search for an apartment encounter different problems as Kamal is looking for a place to turn into an art studio and Sherif is trying to find a place where he and his wife can live.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

116 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

29 August 1975

Country

Egypt

Cast

Mahmoud Yassin

Mahmoud Yassin

Kamal

Nour El-Sherif

Nour El-Sherif

Sherif

Mervat Amin

Mervat Amin

Mona

Salah El-Saadany

Salah El-Saadany

Hamdi

Zizi El-Badrawy

Zizi El-Badrawy

Madiha

Shahira

Shahira

Najwa

Nazim Sharawy

Nazim Sharawy

Madiha's father

Sayed Zayan

Sayed Zayan

Sabry Abdelmonem

Sabry Abdelmonem

Souad Nasr

Souad Nasr

Youssef Eid

Youssef Eid

Fifi Youssef

Fifi Youssef

Aleya Abdel Moneim

Aleya Abdel Moneim

Mona's mother

Samiha Mohamed

Samiha Mohamed

Abdel Moneim Basyouni

Abdel Moneim Basyouni

Azza Sharif

Azza Sharif

Neighbor

Mahmoud Kamel

Mahmoud Kamel

Ali Ezz ElDein

Ali Ezz ElDein

Sherif's Manager

Medhat Tharwat

Medhat Tharwat

Samir Waley Eldein

Samir Waley Eldein

Construction Contractor

Ibrahim El-Shamy

Ibrahim El-Shamy

Fahmi

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