The Sparrow (1972)
العصفور
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
- Date of release
- 1972-08-26
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Youssef Chahine
Casting
- Seif Abdelrahman — Raouf
- Habiba — Fatima
- Salah Qabil — Youssef Fathallah
- Mohsena Tawfiq — Baheya
- Ali Al Sharif — Sheikh Ahmed
- Salah Mansour — Ismail
- Mahmood Al-Meleji — Johnny
- Hamdy Ahmad — Auf
- Mariam Fakhr Eddine
- Ragaa Hussein — Zubaida
- Mahmoud Qabil — Reyad
- Hassan El Baroudy
Interesting facts
Al Asfour is a 1972 film directed by Youssef Chahine, with Ali Badrakhan as second director.
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