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| Directed by | Salah Abouseif |
| Written by | Naguib Mahfouz |
| Starring | Omar Sharif Sanaa Gamil |
| Music by | Fouad El Zahery |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
The Beginning and the End (Egyptian Arabic: بداية و نهاية) is a 1960 Egyptian film directed by Salah Abouseif and based on the 1950 novel by the same name. It was the first film adapted from a novel written by Naguib Mahfouz. The Beginning and the End is the 7th in the top 10 films of the list of the Top 100 Egyptian films of all time.[1]
At the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival in 1961, the film was nominated for the Grand Prix award.[2] For her role as Nefisah, Sanaa Gamil won the award for Best Supporting Actress.[2][3]
- ^ "Top 100 Egyptian Films (CIFF)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ a b "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ^ "Al Ahram weekly article on Sanaa Gamil". Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-02-10.