People Downstairs (1960)
A house in Abbaseya is divided into two parts: the first is the basement, where poor people live and dream of ascending the social ladder, while in the other part the rich residents live. Although both worlds are extremely distant, they are only bound by romance, as the film follows love affairs between contrasting characters from both worlds.
Director: Kamel El Telmessani
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Youssef Wahby as |
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Mary Moneib as Bahiga |
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Salwa saeed as Latfia Abdel Rahim |
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Mohammed Salem as Ezzat - the painter |
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Shafiq Nour ElDein as Abdul Rahim |
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Fawzeya Ebrahim as |
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Mohamed Abaza as Abdulkhaliq Ibrahim |
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Lotfy Abdel Hamid as Fikry |
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Gamalat Zayed as Fatima |
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Hussain Ismael as Marzouq - Bahija's husband |
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Fifi Salama as |
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Ali Kamel as |
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Abdel Moneim Ismail as Gomaa - the butcher |
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Ahmed Bali as |
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Farid Abdullah as |
| Production | Magda Al Sabahi | Producer |
| Editing | Marcel Saleh | Negative Cutter |
| Directing | Kamel El Telmessani | Director |
| Writing | Kamel El Telmessani | Scenario Writer |
| Camera | Salah Karim | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Maher Abdel Nour | Scenic Artist |
| Writing | Noaman ashour | Scenario Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | AbdelWahhab Qotb | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Sound | Fouad El-Zahry | Original Music Composer |