Barsoum Looking for a Job (1923)
It is the story of two friends, one a Muslim, Sheik Metwalli, and the other a Coptic Christian, Barsoum, both unemployed, suffering from hunger, and competing for a job in a bank. When the bank’s director mistakes them for wealthy businessmen, he takes them to his home for a lavish lunch. But upon learning their actual status, he chases them out of the house. At the film’s conclusion, as the two friends rest on the sidewalk absorbing their long-overdue meal, they are arrested by a policeman.
Director: Mohamed Bayoumi
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Adel Hameed as Barsoum |
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Bishara Wakim as Metwalli |
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Fawzi Mounib as |
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Fardous Hassan as |
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Victoria Kohin as |
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Sayed Mustafa as |
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Muhammad Yousuf as |
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Abdel Hamid Zaki as |
| Directing | Mohamed Bayoumi | Director |
| Writing | Mohamed Bayoumi | Writer |
| Crew | Mohamed Bayoumi | Cinematography |