Cairo 30

Cairo 30 is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif, and based on Naguib Mahfouz's 1945 novel Modern Cairo. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.

Cast

Soad Hosny as Ihsan
Ahmed Mazhar as The minister
Hamdy Ahmed as Mahgoub Abdel Dayem
Abdelmonem Ibrahim as Ahmed Bedier
Tawfik El Deken as Shahata Tourky
Abdelaziz Mikewy as Ali Taha
Aqeila Rateb as The minister's wife
Ahmed Tawfik as Salem El Ekshidy
Bahiga Hafez as Ikram hanem

Synopsis

The film takes place in the 1930s, when a young man named Mahjoub Abdeldayem comes from Upper Egypt to the slums of Cairo and gets to know a native of his village who offers a job lead. The job is to marry Ihsan, mistress of Qasim Bey (Ahmed Mazhar, on condition that Qasim visits her once a week.