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The Idiot

19661h 39mMovieDramaComedy

Moselhi is an account clerk in a company, watching what's happening around him from embezzlement carelessly, but some corrupt employees suspect that he's hiding behind his idiotic appearance. They send employee Laila who pretends that she loves him, to find out what he knows.

DirectorElSayed Bedir
WritersElSayed Bedir·Rashad Hejazy
Producerعباس حلمي

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Cast · Directed by ElSayed Bedir

FSFarid Shawqy
Farid Shawqy
moselhi
NSNahed Sherif
Nahed Sherif
layla
AEAbu Bakr Ezzat
Abu Bakr Ezzat
hamdy
SZSoheir Zaky
Soheir Zaky
rawayh
HMHassan Mostafa
Hassan Mostafa
mokhtar
SSSamir Sabri
Samir Sabri
safwat
ERElSayd Rady
ElSayd Rady
abdo
KSKawthar Shafik
Kawthar Shafik
huda
ZIZaki Ibrahim
Zaki Ibrahim
zaki
SF
Salwa Fouad
mervat
SESamir Waley Eldein
Samir Waley Eldein
janitor
AMAnwar Madkour
Anwar Madkour
bahgat

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