The Empress (1999)
Zanouba is a poor maid, who is deceived by Ahmed, the son of her employer, after believing that he loves her. She returns broken to her neighborhood and decides to end her poverty with her brothers Salem and Zinhom, by trafficking drugs. Ahmed becomes a police officer in charge of fighting the drug trade
Director: Ali Abdel-Khalek
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Nadia Al Gendy as Zanouba |
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Ahmad Bedir as Salem |
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Mohammad Reyad as Zeinhom |
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Gamal Abdel Nasser as Ahmed Fouad |
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Sami Sarhan as |
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Ibrahim Yousri as |
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Fouad Khalil as |
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Alaa Awad as |
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Mahmoud El Iraqi as |
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Magdy Fekry as |
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Khalil Morsi as |
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Ghada Ibrahim as |
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Hassan Hussein as |
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Ahmed Sami Abdallah as |
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Naeem Essa as |
| Directing | Ali Abdel-Khalek | Director |
| Writing | Mostafa Moharram | Writer |
| Production | Hani Gerges Fawzy | Producer |
| Camera | Saeed Shimi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hussein Afify | Editor |
| Art | Mahmoud Mohsen | Art Direction |
| Production | Ahmad Turky | Casting |
| Sound | Gamal Salama | Music |