SERAA FIL MINA / DARK WATERS

Youssef Chahine

Part of CHAHINE: THE RESTORATION PROJECT

A depiction of the problems workers and fishermen face against big business operatives in the port city of Alexandria; Ragab is a destitute fisherman who returns home from travel. Mamdouh is the son of a wealthy Alexandrian shipping company boss. Both are in love with the same woman, Hamida who also happens to be Ragab’s cousin. As Ragab’s jealousy rages he discovers that Mamdouh is actually his brother

Year

1955

Duration

120 MINS

Language

Arabic

Cast

Faten Hamama, Omar El Sherif, Ahmed Ramzy, Hussien Riad, Firdaus Mohamed, Aziza Helmy, Tawfiq El Dikn