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Shalom the Interpreter

Shalom the Interpreter

Original Title: شالوم الترجمان

  • Film
  • 1935
  • 1h 30m
  • Released

An American tourist and his daughter, Betty, arrive in Alexandria, where they meet Shalom, a lottery-ticket vendor who pretends to be an interpreter despite knowing no English. Mistaking him for a genuine translator, the tourist and his daughter hire Shalom as their guide. When the tourist expresses a desire to go on a desert hunting expedition, one of the local pashas offers to take him along, leaving Betty behind w…

  • Directing توجو مزراحي (أحمد المشرقي)
  • Writing زكي إبراهيمتوجو مزراحي (أحمد المشرقي)
  • Starring Shalomعبده محرمعدالات

An American tourist and his daughter, Betty, arrive in Alexandria, where they meet Shalom, a lottery-ticket vendor who pretends to be an interpreter despite knowing no English. Mistaking him for a genuine translator, the tourist and his daughter hire Shalom as their guide. When the tourist expresses a desire to go on a desert hunting expedition, one of the local pashas offers to take him along, leaving Betty behind with Shalom, who convinces himself that she has fallen in love with him.

Shalom the Interpreter Shalom the Interpreter
Shalom بائع اليانصيب والترجمان
عبده محرم مستر براون - السائح
عدالات بيتي - إبنة السائح
Hassan Rashed راشد باشا
Hassan El Mliegy سائق التاكسي
Naamat Al Meligy
Bahiga El Mahdy خادمة الفندق
عبدالنبي محمد العرضحالجي
زكي إبراهيم
سيد مصطفى
  • Directing توجو مزراحي (أحمد المشرقي)
  • Writing زكي إبراهيمتوجو مزراحي (أحمد المشرقي)
  • Cinematography ألفيس أورفانيللي
  • Music سيد مصطفى
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