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Children of the poor
Children of the poor

Children of the poor

Genres

Drama

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Fouad Pasha refuses to help his brother after his bankruptcy in the stock market, and his son Zaki abandons his cousin Hosnia after he assaulted and raped her, so Fouad is forced to marry her to the farmer Ibrahim, Hosnia gives birth to a baby girl, and Ibrahim doubts her lineage, so he abandons Hosnia. Over the years, Hosnia only finds work as a dancer in a nightclub, and her daughter, who is sick with tuberculosis, works as a singer.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

119 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 January 1942

Country

Egypt

Cast

Youssef Wahby

Youssef Wahby

د. لمعي احمد عبد السميع

Amina Rizk

Amina Rizk

حُسنية أحمد عبد السميع - أخت د. لمعي

Mahmoud El Meligy

Mahmoud El Meligy

ابراهيم عبدالباقي - زوج حسنية

Raoheya Khaled

Raoheya Khaled

بَمبة زكى فؤاد

Abbas Fares

Abbas Fares

الباشا فؤاد عبد السميع

Ferdoos Mohamed

Ferdoos Mohamed

حميدة - والدة لمعي

Fakher Fakher

Fakher Fakher

رؤوف زكى فؤاد)

Abdel Meguid Shukry

Abdel Meguid Shukry

الحاج احمد عبد السميع - والد لمعي

Olwiya Gamil

Olwiya Gamil

عزيزة هانم - والدة زكى

Mansi Fahmy

Mansi Fahmy

الشيخ عبدالباقى - ناظر العزبة

Mohamed Kamel

Mohamed Kamel

فاروز أغا

Fayed Mohamed Fayed

Fayed Mohamed Fayed

المطرب

Hassan El Baroudy

Hassan El Baroudy

الخواجة كوباليدس - صاحب البار

Mokhtar Osman

Mokhtar Osman

المعلم حسن كفته

Mohamed Shawqi

Mohamed Shawqi

زبون المخدماتى

Zaki Ibrahim

Zaki Ibrahim

صاحب البيت

Fouad Fahim

Fouad Fahim

الطبيب

Ezz ElDein Islam

Ezz ElDein Islam

Said Khalil

Said Khalil

المحضر

Mohamed Edriss

Mohamed Edriss

شيخ العرب

Tawfik Sadek

Tawfik Sadek

زكى فؤاد عبد السميع

Lotfi El Hakim

Lotfi El Hakim

المحامي

Mahmoud Lotfy

Mahmoud Lotfy

متشرد

Abdel Qader AlMeseri

Abdel Qader AlMeseri

الدكتور مرعى

Abdelalim Khattab

Abdelalim Khattab

الجراح

Ahmad Mukhtar

Ahmad Mukhtar

Rafeaa ElShal

Rafeaa ElShal

حفيظه

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