The Open Door (1963)
الباب المفتوح
Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.
- Date of release
- 1963-10-07
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Henry Barakat
Casting
- Faten Hamama — Laila Sliman
- Saleh Selim — Hussein Amer
- Hasan Youssef — Essam
- Shwikar — Gamila
- Mahmoud Moursy — Dr. Fouad
- Nahed Samir — Layla's mother
- Mimi Chakib — Layla's aunt
- Khadija Mahmoud
- Hasan Hosny
- Aleya Abdel Moneim
- Hussain Ismael
- Seham Fathy — Sanaa
Interesting facts
The Open Door is a 1963 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat and starring Faten Hamama, Saleh Selim, and Mahmoud Moursy. The film was adapted from Egyptian writer Latifa al-Zayyat's 1960 novel of the same name and recipient of the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
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