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Thartharah fawqa al-Nīl / Aflām Jamāl al-Laythī tuqqadimu ; qiṣṣat Najīb Maḥfūẓ ; sīnāriyū wa-ḥiwār Mamdūḥ al-Laythī ; ikhrāj Ḥusayn Kamāl.
ثرثره فوق النيل أفلام جمال الليثي تقدم ؛ قصة نجيب محفوظ ؛ سيناريو وحوار ممدوح الليثي ؛ إخراج حسين كمال.

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Format:: Video
Contributor:: Laythī, Mamdūḥ, screenwriter.; Kamāl, Ḥusayn, director.; Ramzī, Aḥmad, 1930- actor.; Khaṭīb, Mājidah, actor.; Amīn, Mīrfat, actor.; Adʹham, ʻĀdil, actor.; Ḥamdī, ʻImād, 1909-1984, actor.; Ramzī, Suhayr, actor.; Ismail, Ali, composer.; Imam, Mustafa, director of photography.; Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.; Funūn (Firm); Aflām Jamāl al-Laythī, producer.; Laythī, Mamdūḥ; Kamāl, Ḥusayn; Ramzī, Aḥmad, 1930-; Khaṭīb, Mājidah; أمين، ميرفت., actor.; Adʹham, ʻĀdil; Ḥamdī, ʻImād, -1984; Ramzī, Suhayr; Ismāʻīl, ʻAlī, 1941-; Imam, Mustafa; محفوظ، نجيب، 1911-2006.; أفلام جمال الليثي.
Series:: Kilāsīkīyāt al-sīnimā al-Miṣriyah; Kilāsīkīyāt al-sīnamā al-Miṣrīyah; Egyptian cinema classics; كلاسيكيات السينما المصرية; كلاسيكيات السينما المصرية. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004100240
Language:: Arabic; English; French
Subjects (All):: Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.; Manners and customs.; Nile River.; Nile River Region.; Egypt.; Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006--Film adaptations.; Maḥfūẓ, Najīb.; Egypt--Social life and customs--Drama.; Nile River--Drama.; Motion pictures, Egyptian.
Genre:: Drama.; Film adaptations.; Feature films.; Video recordings.
Physical Description:: 1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.; monochrome
Other Title:: <>; English title from container: Chitchat on the Nile; English title from videodisc: Chit chat on the Nile; French title from container: Dérives sur le Nil; Title from French subtitles: Bavardage au bon au Nil; Adrift on the Nile.; ثرثرة فوق النيل
Place of Publication:: Cairo : Founoon, 1971, [2002]
Language Note:: In Arabic, with optional English or French subtitles.
System Details:: DVD; PAL; All zones; Dolby digital 5.1.; digital; optical; Dolby digital 5.1; PAL; video file; DVD video
Summary:: A group of hedonistic middle-aged friends gather each night on a luxurious houseboat for dancing, love-making and smoking hashish. When a young news reporter visits the houseboat to write a story on the group, she is outraged to learn the tragic depths of their social alienation.
Participant:: Aḥmad Ramzī, Mājidah al-Khaṭīb, Mīrfat Amīn, ʻImād Ḥamdī, ʻĀdil Adʹham, Suhayr Ramzī.; أحمد رمزي، ماجدة الخطيب، ميرفت أمين، عماد حمدي، عادل أدهم، سهير رمزي.
Credits:: Mudīr al-taṣwīr, Muṣṭafá Imām ; mūntāj, Rashīdah ʻAbd al-Salām ; al-mūsīqá al-taṣwīrīyah, ʻAlī Ismāʻīl.; مدير التصوير، مصطفى إمام ؛ مونتاج، رشيدة عبد السلام ؛ الموسيقى التصويرية، علي إسماعيل.
Notes:: Special features include: filmographies, original trailer, photo gallery, and a restoration demo.; Some production information from container.; Length of film incorrectly noted on container.; Based on the novel by Najīb Maḥfūẓ; novel translated into English as "Adrift on the Nile."; Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Related Work:: Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006. Thartharah fawqa al-Nīl.; محفوظ، نجيب، 1911-2006. ثرثرة فوق النيل.
OCLC:: 166325506
Publisher Number:: 6223001911692; FDD 692 Founoon

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