
The World on a Dove's Wing
1989-01-16 · 128 min · ★ 6.5
Reda, a taxi driver, drives the wealthy widow Imane who has just returned from abroad. She lets him drive her to run errands, and he helps her break her sweetheart, the engineer Hassan, out from a mental hospital.
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- Directors
- Atef El-Tayeb
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- Countries
- Egypt
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- Released
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Mahmoud Abdel AzizRedha Rushdy
Mervat AminIman Khatab
Ahmad RatebAmen
Yousuf ShaabanHassan Darwesh
Inam SalusahFawziyah
Sanaa YounesTamtam
Shaaban HusseinMedhat
Fouad KhalilHospital's Manager
Ahmad BedirJablawi Abu Jabal Al-Jabali
Othman Abdel MonemSweilem
Ahmed Abu AbiyaShabrawy
Abdallah FarghalyFouad Bey
Zakaria MouafiBank manager
Mohamed ElShewihySayed ElGinn
Mohamed Dardeery
Mohammad AtrisMetwally - karate coach
Hamdy YoussefNazmi
Ahmed Morsi
Tarek Mandour
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