A Scrap of Bread[1] (aliases: Daily Bread, Egyptian Arabic: لقمة العيش, translit. Louqmat Al-Aych or Lukmat El Aish)[2][3] is a 1960 Egyptian film starring Salah Zulfikar and directed by Niazi Mustafa.[4][5][6]

A Scrap of Bread
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNiazi Mostafa
Screenplay by
  • Niazi Mustafa
  • Abdel Fattah El Sayed
  • Mustafa Fouad
Produced byMustafa Hassan
StarringSalah Zulfikar
CinematographyMostafa Hassan
Edited byGalal Mostafa
Production
company
New World Films (Mustafa Hassan)
Distributed byAbdel Reheem Yazdi
Release date
  • November 4, 1960 (1960-11-04) (Egypt)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Plot

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Two friends, Mohsen and Fathi, live together in a hotel; both do not work. Mohsen and Samia fall in love with each other. Mohsen finally finds a job opportunity at Samia's father's farm, but the only condition for this job is that the employee must be married. Mohsen is forced to lie in order to get the job, so Fathi wears women clothes and goes with Mohsen to the farm as Mohsen's wife, and events escalate.

Staff

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  • Directed by: Niazi Mostafa
  • Story and script: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Fattah El-Sayed, Mostafa Fouad
  • Cinematographer: Mostafa Hassan
  • Editing: Galal Mustafa
  • Production: New World Films (Mustafa Hassan)
  • Distributor: Abdul Rahim Yazdi
  • Editor: Abdul Rahim Yazdi

Cast

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  • Salah Zulfikar as Mohsen
  • Maha Sabry as Samiya
  • Adel Khairy as Fathi
  • Zuzu Madi as Mounira
  • Hassan Fayek Samia's father
  • Saeed Abu Bakr as Bassiouni
  • Abdul-Alim Khattab as Ghazal
  • Badr Nofal as Owais
  • Salwa Mahmoud as Mabrooka
  • Kawthar Ramzy as Kawthar
  • Abbas Rahmi as Doctor
  • Huda Tawfik as Farm woman
  • Ragaa Abdel Hamid as Farm woman
  • Hussein Ismail as Waiter

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. ^ Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
  3. ^ arabe (France), Institut du monde (1995). Egypte, 100 ans de cinéma (in French). IMA. ISBN 978-2-906062-81-8.
  4. ^ "A Scrap of Bread | GoldPoster Movie Poster Gallery". GoldPoster. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  5. ^ "Scrap of Bread افيش سينما مصري فيلم لقمة العيش، نيازي مصطفى Egyptian Movie Arabic poster 60s". Braichposters. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  6. ^ محمود, قاسم، (1999). الكوميديا والغناء فى الفيلم المصري (in Arabic). وزارة الثقافة، المركز القومى للسينما،.
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