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Written on the forehead

Written on the forehead

Original Title: مكتوب على الجبين

  • Film
  • 1953
  • 1h 50m
  • Released

One of the wives is late in having children, so the husband's mother annoys her and urges her son to marry another woman, but he postpones talking about this matter until he returns from a work mission. In his absence, the wife's brother tries to assault her, so she resists him leaves the house, and loses consciousness. Her husband's brother carries her home. She shows signs of pregnancy, so her husband becomes suspi…

  • Directing إبراهيم عمارة
  • Writing Mohamed Mostafa Sami
  • Starring Huda SultanEmad HamdyFarid Shawqy

One of the wives is late in having children, so the husband's mother annoys her and urges her son to marry another woman, but he postpones talking about this matter until he returns from a work mission. In his absence, the wife's brother tries to assault her, so she resists him leaves the house, and loses consciousness. Her husband's brother carries her home. She shows signs of pregnancy, so her husband becomes suspicious of her and divorces her. She disappears from her husband's life, the girl grows up, and the husband's nephew proposes to her and drops a surprise.

Written on the forehead Written on the forehead
Huda Sultan
Farid Shawqy
Gamalat Zayed
  • Directing إبراهيم عمارة
  • Writing Mohamed Mostafa Sami
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