The Unknown Woman (film)
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This article is about the 1959 Egyptian film. For other uses, see Unknown Woman (disambiguation).
The Unknown Woman (aliases: The Anonymous Woman, Egyptian Arabic: المرأة المجهولة, romanized: al-marʾa al-majhūla, El-Mara'a el-Maghola, Al-Murra Al-Maghoola, El murra el maghoula)[1][2] is a 1959 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar.[3][4] It is based on the play Madame X.[5]
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Directed by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
Written by | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
Screenplay by | Mahmoud Zulfikar Mohamed Othman |
Based on | Madame X by Alexandre Bisson |
Produced by | Hassan Ramzy |
Starring | Shadia Shoukry Sarhan Kamal El-Shennawi |
Cinematography | Abdel Halim Nasr |
Edited by | Fekri Rostom |
Music by | Mounir Mourad |
Production company | Al Nasr Films Company |
Distributed by | Al Nasr Films Company |
Release date | December 7, 1959 (1959-12-07) |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United Arab Republic |
Language | Egyptian Arabic |
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The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shadia, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal El-Shennawi, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola.[6][7][8][9][10] It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1961, the only African film to ever achieve that.[11]