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The Empress

19992h 5mMovieDrama

Zanouba is a poor maid, who is deceived by Ahmed, the son of her employer, after believing that he loves her. She returns broken to her neighborhood and decides to end her poverty with her brothers Salem and Zinhom, by trafficking drugs.…

DirectorAli Abdel-Khalek
WriterMostafa Moharram
ProducerHani Gerges Fawzy

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Cast · Directed by Ali Abdel-Khalek

NGNadia Al Gendy
Nadia Al Gendy
Zanouba
ABAhmad Bedir
Ahmad Bedir
Salem
MRMohammad Reyad
Mohammad Reyad
Zeinhom
GNGamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ahmed Fouad
SSSami Sarhan
Sami Sarhan
IYIbrahim Yousri
Ibrahim Yousri
FKFouad Khalil
Fouad Khalil
AAAlaa Awad
Alaa Awad
MIMahmoud El Iraqi
Mahmoud El Iraqi
MFMagdy Fekry
Magdy Fekry
KMKhalil Morsi
Khalil Morsi
GIGhada Ibrahim
Ghada Ibrahim

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