
The Woman Who Defeated the Devil
1973-03-19 · 114 min · Not rated
Shafiqa is a maid and everyone treats her very harshly, she falls in love with the Mahmoud who loves an actress. She agrees with Adham to give him her soul; to be his king after ten years in exchange for giving her wealth and beauty,
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- Directors
- Yehia El Alami
- Production companies
- أفلام السلام (حسن أمين إمام وشركاه)
- Countries
- Egypt
- Status
- Released
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Shams El-Barudy
Nour El-Sherif
Adel Adham
Nemat Mokhtar
Abdel Warith Assir
Sohair El Barooni
Mohamed Shawqi
Nabil ElHegrassy
Farouq Naguib
Gamal Ismail
Eskandar Mansy
Hayat Kandel
Fakhry Azer
Samir Waley Eldein
Adel Alshenawi
Khadija Mahmoud
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