The Stories (2026)
The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.
Director: Abu Bakr Shawky
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Nelly Karim as Fairouz |
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Amir El-Masry as Ahmad |
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Valerie Pachner as Elizabeth |
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Amr Abed as Lulu |
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Ahmed Kamal as Ragheb |
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Khaled Mokhtar as Sharaf |
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Sabry Fawaz as Hamada |
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Sherif Desouqy as Marai |
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Nagui Chehata as Sabri |
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Karim Kassem as Shams |
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Ahmed ElAzaar as Hassan |
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Osama Abdullah as Labib |
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Sarrah Abdelrahman as TV Presenter |
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Hassan El-Adl as Dawoud |
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Johannes Krisch as Elizabeth's father |
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Maria Hofstätter as Elizabeth's mother |
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Jack Hofer as Elizabeth's Brother |
| Writing | Abu Bakr Shawky | Writer |
| Directing | Abu Bakr Shawky | Director |
| Production | Julie Viez | Producer |
| Camera | Wolfgang Thaler | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Roland Stöttinger | Editor |
| Sound | Rawad Hobeika | Sound |
| Sound | Rana Eid | Sound |
| Sound | Florent Lavallée | Sound |
| Production | Mohamed Hefzy | Producer |
| Editing | Paul Eckhart | Assistant Editor |
