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The Open Door
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The Open Door 1963 Directed by Henry Barakat الباب المفتوح

Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.

Country Egypt
Production Country Egypt
Language Arabic
Spoken Language Arabic
Gneres Drama , Romance
Release Date 7 October 1963
115 mins
Cast
Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama Laila Sliman
Saleh Selim
Saleh Selim Hussein Amer
Hassan Youssef
Hassan Youssef Essam
Shwikar
Shwikar Gamila
Mahmoud Moursy
Mahmoud Moursy Dr. Fouad
Nahed Samir
Nahed Samir Layla's mother
Mimi Chakib
Mimi Chakib Layla's aunt
Khadija Mahmoud
Khadija Mahmoud
Hassan Hosny
Hassan Hosny
Aleya Abdel Moneim
Aleya Abdel Moneim
Hussain Ismael
Hussain Ismael
Seham Fathy
Seham Fathy Sanaa
Sherine
Sherine
Crew
Director
Henry Barakat
Henry Barakat
Writers
Yussef Issa
Yussef Issa
Henry Barakat
Henry Barakat
Producers
Henry Barakat
Henry Barakat
William Rizk
William Rizk
Cinematography
Wahid Farid
Wahid Farid
Sound
Neveu Orvanelli
Neveu Orvanelli
Art Direction
Abdel Monem Shoukry
Abdel Monem Shoukry
Music
Andre Ryder
Andre Ryder
Assistant Director
Hassan Ibrahim
Hassan Ibrahim