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Cairo-Baghdad

Cairo-Baghdad

Original Title: القاهرة بغداد

  • Film
  • 1947
  • 1h 50m
  • Released

One of the earliest Iraqi films, the plot revolves around a young Iraqi man working as a writer who flees to Cairo after being accused of murdering his uncle. He stays with a friend and gets to know his friend's daughter, eventually falling in love with her. He requests to marry her, and his friend agrees to his proposal. The young man continues to write to newspapers using his friend's name. However, when the murder…

  • Directing Ahmad Badrakhanكامل مدكورصلاح هلال
  • Writing Youssef GoharAhmad Badrakhanحقي الشبلي
  • Starring سلمان الجوهرIbrahim JalalBishara Wakim

One of the earliest Iraqi films, the plot revolves around a young Iraqi man working as a writer who flees to Cairo after being accused of murdering his uncle. He stays with a friend and gets to know his friend's daughter, eventually falling in love with her. He requests to marry her, and his friend agrees to his proposal. The young man continues to write to newspapers using his friend's name. However, when the murderer of his uncle is apprehended, a young man from Iraq informs him about the developments in the case.

Cairo-Baghdad
سلمان الجوهر
Ibrahim Jalal
Bishara Wakim
Madiha Yousri
حقي الشبلي
Thuraya Fakhry
Afifa Iskandar
Reyaad ElQasabgy
Abdel Aziz Khalil
Ahmed Darwish
Abdel Meguid Shukry
Fakhri Alzubaidy
عزت الجاهلي
عيسى العمارتلي
عبدالله العزاوي
  • Directing Ahmad Badrakhanكامل مدكورصلاح هلال
  • Writing Youssef GoharAhmad Badrakhanحقي الشبليعيسى العمارتليبيرم التونسي
  • Cinematography عبدالحليم نصر
  • Editing عبدالحميد عبدالفتاح
  • Music Mohamed Fawziعزت الجاهليمحمود الشريف
  • Production Design أنطوان بوليزويسعبدالفتاح فريد
  • Makeup مهدي الأوقاتيمحمود سماحة
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