Ana wa Banati


Ana wa Banati is a 1961 Egyptian film starring Salah Zulfikar, Nahed Sherif and Zaki Rostom. The film is written and directed by Hussein Helmy El-Mohandess, and features an ensemble cast that includes Amaal Farid, Fayza Ahmed and Zahret El-Ola.

Plot

Samir is a playboy, he meets Maysa and likes her and she likes him back, but she didn't tell her father about her relationship. Her father is a struggling man but he can raise his four daughters well, but cannot provide enough money necessary to prepare them for marriage, and when he is referred to the pension, one of the swindlers takes his reward. The father enters the hospital as a result of an accident, and his daughters work to face life. One of them works as a singer in a hall, the second works as a model, the third writes stories and admires a great writer and takes him like her, and the fourth Maysa remains at home. The father knows their condition and decides to hide from sight. When Maysa loves Samir and falls into an affair with him, she decides to commit suicide and dies. Tragedy pushes the father back to reunite the family.

Crew

  • Writer: Hussein Helmy El-Mohandes
  • Director: Hussein Helmy El-Mohandes
  • Produced by: Mina Films
  • Distribution: Bahna Film
  • Soundtrack: Ibrahim Haggag
  • Cinematographer: Victor Antoine
  • Editor: Albert Naguib

Cast