The Monster (1954 film)
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The Monster | |
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Directed by | Salah Abu Seif |
Written by | Salah Abu Seif El Sayed Bedeir Naguib Mahfouz |
Starring | Mahmoud El-Meliguy |
Cinematography | Abdelhalim Nasr |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
The Monster (Arabic: الوحش, romanized: Ell Wahsh) is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside.[2]
Plot summary
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Cast
- Anwar Wagdi
- Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ell Wahsh
- Samia Gamal
- Abbas Fares
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Monster". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ Sadoul, Georges (1972). Dictionary of Films. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 411. ISBN 9780520021525.
External links
- The Monster at IMDb
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