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The Empty Pillow

7.019572h 7mMovieDramaMusicRomance

Salah, a young college student, falls in love for the first time with Samiha. He spends his nights thinking about her and looking to her face in the “empty pillow” next to him. When she marries someone else, he is devastated and her memory haunts him no matter where he goes.

DirectorSalah Abu Seif

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Cast · Directed by Salah Abu Seif

AHAbdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Hafez
Salah
LALobna Abdel Aziz
Lobna Abdel Aziz
Samiha
OAOmar Al-Hariri
Omar Al-Hariri
Fouad
ZAZahrat Al-Ola
Zahrat Al-Ola
Durraya
ARAhmed Ramzy
Ahmed Ramzy
Fayez
AAAbdel Warith Assir
Abdel Warith Assir
SMSeraj Muneer
Seraj Muneer
AIAbdel Moneim Ibrahim
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
Hassan
AHAziza Helmy
Aziza Helmy
KSKawthar Shafik
Kawthar Shafik
Saniya

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The Empty Pillow 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 February 20, 1957. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.