The Open Door (1963)
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.
Director:
Henry Barakat
Writers:
Yussef Issa, Henry Barakat.
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Faten Hamama as Laila Sliman |
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Saleh Selim as Hussein Amer |
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Hassan Youssef as Essam |
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Shwikar as Gamila |
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Mahmoud Moursy as Dr. Fouad |
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Nahed Samir as Layla's mother |
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Mimi Chakib as Layla's aunt |
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Khadija Mahmoud as |
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Hassan Hosny as |
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Aleya Abdel Moneim as |
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Hussain Ismael as |
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Seham Fathy as Sanaa |
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Sherine as |
| Camera | Wahid Farid | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Neveu Orvanelli | Sound Engineer |
| Production | Henry Barakat | Producer |
| Production | William Rizk | Producer |
| Directing | Hassan Ibrahim | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Abdallah Yacout | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Andre Ryder | Music |
| Art | Abdel Monem Shoukry | Art Direction |
| Directing | Henry Barakat | Director |
| Writing | Yussef Issa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yussef Issa | Dialogue |
| Writing | Henry Barakat | Screenplay |
