
The Downtown Apartment
1975-08-29 · 116 min · Not rated
In a representation of the housing problem in Egypt, a group of friends reunited by their search for an apartment encounter different problems as Kamal is looking for a place to turn into an art studio and Sherif is trying to find a place where he and his wife can live.
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- Directors
- Mohamed Fadel
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- Countries
- Egypt
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Mahmood YaseenKamal
Nour El-SherifSherif
Mervat AminMona
Salah El-SaadanyHamdi
Zizi Al-BadrawyMadiha
ShahiraNajwa
Nazim SharawyMadiha's father
Sayed Zayyan
Sabry Abdel Monem
Souad Nasr
Youssef Eid
Fifi Youssef
Aleya Abdel MoneimMona's mother
Samiha Mohamed
Abdel Moneim Basyouni
Ali Ezz ElDeinSherif's Manager
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