The Egyptian cinema industry began in Alexandria. This is no coincidence, for Alexandria was a pioneer in many other areas. It had an atmosphere different from the rest of Egypt, which encouraged entrepreneurship and innovation and led to a…
Ibn El-balad (Arabic: إبن البلد translit: Ibn El-balad; aliases: The Noble Man, or The Urchin or The Son of the Country) [1 ] [2 ] is a 1942 Egyptian film, directed by Stephan Rosti [3 ] [4 ] and starring Mahmoud Zulfikar and Aziza…
Laila is a 1927 Egyptian silent film directed by Stephan Rosti and Wedad Orfi. [1 ] [2 ] [3 ] It stars Aziza Amir, Stephan Rosti and Assia Dagher. [4 ] [5 ] [6 ] It is the first feature-length Egyptian film. [7 ] [8 ] [9 ] [10 ]
As a gambling thief is chased by the police, he sells his infant child to his old girlfriend who passes the boy as her own as the child's real mother raises her other daughter. Years go by and the so…