The Beginning and the End
8.2(10) 1960-10-31 130 minDrama
Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.
DirectorSalah Abu Seif
WriterNaguib Mahfouz
ScreenplaySalah Abu Seif
ScreenplaySalah Erzine
Original Music ComposerFouad El-Zahry
Cast & characters
Omar Sharif
as Hassanein
Sanaa Gamil
as Nefisah
Farid Shawqy
as Hassan
Kamal Hussein
as Hussein
Amina Rizk
as The Mother
Salah Mansour
as The Grocer's Son
Amaal Farid
as Bahiya
Abdel Khaleq Saleh
as —
Hamed Morsi
as —
Mohamed Hamdy
as —
Samia Roshdy
as —
Hussain Ismael
as —
Thuraya Fakhry
as —
Abdel Moneim Ismail
as —
Mohamed Nabih
as Uncle Jaber
Ahmed Shukry
as Hassan Hassan Hassan
Mokhtar Hussain
as —
Shushu Ezz El Din
as —
