Badia Masabni (1975)

بديعة مصابني

The life story of the artist Badia Masabni, from her childhood, through her rape in her hometown in Lebanon, her migration to Egypt, her work as a dancer, her marriage to Najib Al-Rihani, her work as an actress, their divorce, the withholding of taxes on her theater, her selling of the theater to the dancer Biba, her escape with her money to Lebanon, her birthplace, and her death alone.

Date of release

1975-12-21

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Hassan Al-Imam

Casting

• Nadia Lotfi — Badia Masabni
• Kamal Al-Shennawi — Ismail Bey Tolba
• Fouad Al-Mohandes — Naguib Al-Rihani
• Nabila Obeid — Bba Ezzedine
• Hussein al-Imam — Anton
• Emad Hamdy — Ismail's father
• Nisreen — Badia Masabni's adopted daughter
• Shafiq Galal
• Amal Ramzi
• Nabil ElHegrassy — Saleh
• Nabil Badr — Badie Khairy

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