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The Beginning and the End

8.219602h 10mMovieDrama

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers…

DirectorSalah Abu Seif
WritersNaguib Mahfouz·Salah Erzine

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Cast · Directed by Salah Abu Seif

OSOmar Sharif
Omar Sharif
Hassanein
SGSanaa Gamil
Sanaa Gamil
Nefisah
FSFarid Shawqy
Farid Shawqy
Hassan
KHKamal Hussein
Kamal Hussein
Hussein
ARAmina Rizk
Amina Rizk
The Mother
SMSalah Mansour
Salah Mansour
The Grocer's Son
AFAmaal Farid
Amaal Farid
Bahiya
ASAbdel Khaleq Saleh
Abdel Khaleq Saleh
HMHamed Morsi
Hamed Morsi
MHMohamed Hamdy
Mohamed Hamdy
SRSamia Roshdy
Samia Roshdy
HIHussain Ismael
Hussain Ismael

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The Beginning and the End hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 19, 1960. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.