The Open Door

1h 55m
DramaRomance
6.1

Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.

Cast

Faten Hamama
Laila Sliman
Saleh Selim
Hussein Amer
Hassan Youssef
Essam
Shwikar
Gamila
Mahmoud Moursy
Dr. Fouad
Nahed Samir
Layla's mother
Mimi Chakib
Layla's aunt
Khadija Mahmoud
Unknown
Hassan Hosny
Unknown
Aleya Abdel Moneim
Unknown
Hussain Ismael
Unknown
Seham Fathy
Sanaa
Sherine
Unknown

Crew

Henry Barakat
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Yussef Issa
Screenplay, Dialogue
Wahid Farid
Director of Photography
Hassan Ibrahim
Assistant Director
William Rizk
Producer
Abdallah Yacout
Assistant Camera
Neveu Orvanelli
Sound Engineer
Andre Ryder
Music
Abdel Monem Shoukry
Art Direction

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