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Duʻāʼ al-karawān = Nightingale's prayer / intāj Aflām Barakāt ; qiṣṣat Ṭah Ḥusayn ; sināriyū Barakāt ; Yūsuf Jawhar.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 003 226
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Kilāsīkīyāt al-sīnimā al-Miṣriyah
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, 1889-1973--Film adaptations.
- Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā.
- Ḥusayn, Ṭāhā, 1889-1973.
- Revenge--Drama.
- Revenge.
- Love--Drama.
- Love.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Motion pictures, Egyptian.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 disc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- English title on disc & container: Nightingale's prayer
- English title from subtitles: Curlew's call
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo, Egypt : Founoon Distribution, [2002]
- Language Note:
- In Arabic with English and French subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD PAL ; Dolby digital 5.1.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby digital 5.1
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Two sisters are forced by their uncle to work as servants after the death of their father. One was sent to an engineer's house, where she was taken advantage of by the engineer. As punishment, the uncle kills the girl. The other sister then takes it upon herself to exact revenge, and also went to work at the engineer's house. She refuses his advances and decides to leave. Her uncle, however, tries to kill her but is unsuccessful when the engineer sacrifices his life to save hers.
- Participant:
- Fātin Ḥamāmah, Aḥmad Maẓhar, Zahrat al-ʻUlā.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Waḥīd Farīd ; music, Andrīyah Rāydir.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Taha Hussein.
- Originally released as a motion picture by Sharikat Dūlār Fīlm, al-Qāhirah, 1959.
- Special features: filmographies ; trailer.
- OCLC:
- 56404531
- Publisher Number:
- 6223001911708
- FDD 708 Founoon
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