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Cast
Soad Hosny
as Siham
Nour El-Sherif
as Zaatar Al-Nouri / Muhammad Zaghloul
Ezzat Al Alaily
as Mohamed Fawzi
Omar Al-Hariri
as Zaghloul Rafaat
Aaidah Riyadh
as Gelgela
Mahmoud El Qala'awy
as Husni
Nadia Rafeek
as Zuhira - Siham's mother
Nadia Ezzat
as Sanaa - wife of Muhammad Fawzi
Nabil Nour El Din
as Police officer
Sabry Abdel Monem
as Cast
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1981
Runtime1h 57m
LanguageArabic
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
Votes5
DirectorAli Badrakhan
WritersMostafa Moharram, Naguib Mahfouz
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsPeople Of The Top
About People Of The Top
Zaatar is a thief who works for Zaghloul the owner of an import and export company. Zaghloul exploits Zaatar and makes him smuggle goods from customs. Zaatar gets to know Siham,the sister of officer Mohammed, and they fall in love and he starts working on his own and competes with Zaghloul.
Directed by Ali Badrakhan, People Of The Top leans on a strong ensemble — Soad Hosny, Nour El-Sherif, Ezzat Al Alaily — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1981.
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