No Understanding (1961)
Mr. Shehata is a family man who lives in Port Said with his tyrannical wife and their children. In a desperate attempt to get relief, he spends most of the time at a coffee shop. The two parents pay no heed to their children's choices in life. What will become of them?
Director: Atef Salem
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Soad Hosny as Laila ليلى |
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Hassan Youssef as Dr. Sami الدكتور سامي |
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Zeinat Sedki as Shalabiya the maid الست شلبية الخادمة |
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Ahmed Elhaddad as Asfour عصفور |
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Ahmed Shukry as Abu Al-Futouh أبو الفتوح |
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Nabila Obeid as Salwa سلوى |
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Mokhtar Amin as Samir سمير |
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Hussein Reyaad as Shehata Effendi شحاتة أفندي |
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Olwiya Gamil as Ismet Hanem عصمت هانم |
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Abbas El Daly as زبون القهوه |
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ليندا بدوي as Member of the Happy Home Association عضو جمعية البيت السعيد |
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Zaki Ibrahim as The doctor الطبيب |
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Abdel Moneim Ismail as Abdul Tawab Al Hanouti عبد التواب الحانوتي |
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Bondok Hassan as Faraj, shoe shiner |
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Edmond Tuima as Estaolo إسطاولو |
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Mohamed Shawqi as Sheikh Bassiouni شيخ بسيوني |
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Wagdy ElAraby as Child طفل |
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Abdel Ghani El Nagdi as Hussein |
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Ali Kamel as زبون القهوه |
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Bondok Hassan as الواد فرج ماسح الأحذية |
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Abdel Ghani El Nagdi as حسين |
| Writing | Nairuz Abdel Malek | Writer |
| Camera | Bruno Salfi | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Atef Salem | Director |
| Sound | علي إسماعيل | Music |
| Sound | Nasry Abdel Nour | Sound Director |
| Directing | Anwar Al Shinnawy | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Antoine Polisois | Set Designer |
| Art | Naguib Khoury | Decorator |
| Camera | فارس وهبة | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bruno Salfi | Camera Operator |
| Production | Mounir Helmy Rafla | Production Manager |
| Editing | Hassan Helmi | Editor |
| Editing | Zeinab Eweiss | Negative Cutter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roushdi Ibrahim | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ali Wagdy | Casting |
| Camera | Kamal Karim | Camera Operator |