The Shortcoming (1967)
Corruption is rampant in the ministry, where one of the capitalists drives everyone to falsify import permits for himself, until three new girls are appointed to work there, and each of them takes a different path.
Director:
Galal El Sharkawy
Writer:
Ramadan Khalifa
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Lobna Abdel Aziz as سناء |
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Rushdy Abaza as محمد الجندي |
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Salah Mansour as عباده بك |
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Shafiq Nour ElDein as الباشكاتب |
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Madiha Kamel as نجاة |
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Madiha Hamdy as يسرية |
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Ahmed ElGezeiry as خفاجة - الفراش |
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Atef Makram as أسامة - شقيق سناء |
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Hamed Morsi as عجوز متصابي |
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Abdel Moneim Ibrahim as أحد الموظفين المقهورين |
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Fatma Imara as بائعة الورد |
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Fifi Youssef as هنية - بائعة العيش |
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Nahed Samir as أم سناء |
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Sabri Abdel Aziz as شفيق |
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Abdel Khaleq Saleh as مدير المصلحة |
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Mokhtar El Sayed as طبيب بالمستشفى |
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Anwar Mohamed as أحمد أفندي |
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Hussain Ismael as عثمان أفندي |
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Kamel Anwar as لمعلم فايق |
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Helmy Hilaly as أحد الموظفين |
| Production | Mohamed Ragae | Producer |
| Camera | Clelio Cicivelli | Director of Photography |
| Production | Youssef Helmy | Production Director |
| Sound | Andre Ryder | Music |
| Writing | Yousef Idris | Novel |
| Directing | Galal El Sharkawy | Director |
| Editing | Hussein Afify | Editor |
| Directing | Anwar Al Shinnawy | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Abdallah El Sheikh | Assistant Director |
| Crew | حسين الشريف | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Abdel Monem Shokry | Interior Designer |
| Editing | Laila Fahmy | Negative Cutter |
| Camera | Ghonim Bahnasy | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Nasry Abdel Nour | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | إرنست صباغ | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | AbdelWahhab Qotb | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Ramadan Khalifa | Screenplay |
| Production | Sayed Aly | Casting |