A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 12, 1984
Original Title:
شوارع من نار
Alternate Titles:
Shaware' Mn Nar
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Egypt Arab Films (Wassef Fayez)
Production Countries:
Egypt
Ratings / Certifications:
US: G
In the 1940s, the policeman Imam moves to Cairo to work in an area devoted to prostitution. There he falls in love with the prostitute Nusse who works with the bully Jalal without knowing that she is practicing this profession. He is defended by an imam who beats an English soldier who tries to intercept her and assault her. He is tried and dismissed from service, then returns to live in the neighborhood and look for work, and becomes a pimp, a quarrel between him and Jalal al-Fatwa. Each trying to prove his strength and impose his power.
Assistant Director:
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
Casting:
Ali Wagdy
Director:
Samir Seif
Director of Photography:
Essam Farid
Editor:
Salwa Bakir
Editorial Services:
Maha Roshdy
Music:
Baleegh Hamdy
Negative Cutter:
Marcel Saleh
Sound Engineer:
Gamil Aziz
Writer:
Ahmad Saleh
Ibrahim El-Mougy
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