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The Barred Road

8.519581h 55mMovieDramaRomance

Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try to drag her in with them but she refuses. She studies to become a school teacher and decides to move to the countryside away from them, but she finds other temptations that try to lure her in.

DirectorSalah Abu Seif
WriterNaguib Mahfouz
ProducerItihad Elfananeen

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Cast · Directed by Salah Abu Seif

FHFaten Hamama
Faten Hamama
Fayza (teacher) - فايزة راشد
AMAhmad Mazhar
Ahmad Mazhar
Mounir (writer) - الكاتب /منير حلمى
SSShoukry Sarhan
Shoukry Sarhan
Ahmed
ZMZouzou Mady
Zouzou Mady
Mother of Fayza - توحيدة رضوان (ام فايزة)
FMFerdous Mohamed
Ferdous Mohamed
TATawfiq Al-Deqen
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Awad - عوض الصيدلي
KAKhayria Ahmed
Khayria Ahmed
Fayza's sister - خديجة (اخت فايزة الكبيرة)
WHWedad Hamdy
Wedad Hamdy
Saadiya - سعدية مدرسة
NWNaima Wasfi
Naima Wasfi
مديرة المعهد
REReyaad ElQasabgy
Reyaad ElQasabgy
Abdel-Maksoud - عبدالمقصود من الاعيان
MEMalak el-Gamal
Malak el-Gamal
Hosnia - حسنية المدرسة الشاذة
AKAdly Kasseb
Adly Kasseb
ابو الولد محمد المنتحر

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