The Unknown Woman (film)

This article is about the 1959 Egyptian film. For other uses, see Unknown Woman (disambiguation).
The Unknown Woman
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMahmoud Zulfikar
Written byMahmoud Zulfikar
Screenplay byMahmoud Zulfikar
Mohamed Othman
Based onMadame X
by Alexandre Bisson
Produced byHassan Ramzy
StarringShadia
Shoukry Sarhan
Kamal El-Shennawi
CinematographyAbdel Halim Nasr
Edited byFekri Rostom
Music byMounir Mourad
Production
company
Al Nasr Films Company
Distributed byAl Nasr Films Company
Release date
  • 7 December 1959 (1959-12-07)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited Arab Republic
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

The Unknown Woman (aliases: The Anonymous Woman, Egyptian Arabic: المرأة المجهولة, romanized: al-marʾa al-majhūla, El-Mara'a el-Maghola, El murra el maghoula)[1][2] is a 1959 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar.[3][4]

It is based on the play Madame X.[5] The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shadia, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal El-Shennawi, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola.[6][7][8][9][10] It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1961, the only African film to ever achieve that.[11]The film was remade in 1978 under the title Life is Wasted, My Son (ضاع العمر يا ولدي).[12].

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