Sons of Aristocrats
Film poster
Directed byMohammed Karim
Written byMohammed Karim
Youssef Wahbi
Produced byYoussef Wahbi
StarringYoussef Wahbi
Amina Rizk
CinematographyGaston Madri
Production
company
Ramses Film
Release date
  • 13 April 1932 (1932-04-13) (Egypt)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Sons of Aristocrats is a 1932 Egyptian film directed by Mohammed Karim.[1] It is the first Egyptian sound film.[2][3] It stars Youssef Wahbi and Amina Rizk.[4][5][6]

Plot

Hamdi Bey abandoned himself to his lust and fell in love with a French girl, leaving his wife behind him. He was surprised by that girl cheating on him with her lover, so he shot her and was sentenced to prison. After the expiration of his prison term, he decided to return to Egypt again. Hamdi Bey met his inevitable fate, committing suicide under the wheels of a train.

Cast

See also

References

  1. Armes, Roy (2008-07-11). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. Hammad, Hanan (2022-05-10). Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-2978-3.
  3. Elsaket, Ifdal (May 2019). "SOUND AND DESIRE: RACE, GENDER, AND INSULT IN EGYPT'S FIRST TALKIE". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 51 (2): 203–232. doi:10.1017/S0020743819000023. ISSN 0020-7438.
  4. Elsaket, Ifdal; Biltereyst, Daniel; Meers, Philippe (2023-01-26). Cinema in the Arab World: New Histories, New Approaches. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-16372-0.
  5. Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
  6. Barham, Jeremy (2023-12-22). The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-429-99701-3.
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