A Bullet in the Heart (Arabic: رصاصة في القلب; translit.Rosasa Fil Qalb) is a 1964 Egyptian comedy play written by Tawfiq El-Hakim and directed by Kamal Hussein.[1][2][3] It is based on Tawfiq El-Hakim's 1926 play with the same name.[4][5]
| A Bullet in the Heart | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kamal Hussein |
| Written by | Tawfiq El-Hakim |
| Starring | Salah Zulfikar |
Production companies | General Egyptian Organization for Cinema and Theater |
| Distributed by | General Egyptian Organization for Cinema and Theater |
Release date |
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Running time | 3 hours |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
It stars Salah Zulfikar in the leading role. This play is one of three plays of El-Hakim, in which the conclusion was open and unconvincing in that way,[6] and it was Salah Zulfikar's theatrical debut.[7][8][9][10]
Synopsis
editThe events revolve around Naguib, who has a dire financial situation, who falls in love with the girl Fifi at first sight and does not know who she is, so he tells his friend, Dr. Sami, the story and she's originally his friend's fiancé.
Primary cast
edit- Salah Zulfikar as Naguib
- Laila Taher as Fifi
- Waheed Ezzat as Dr. Sami
- Abdul Mohsen Saleem
- Ahmed Hussein
- Badruddin Hassanein
References
edit- ^ Long, Charles William Richard (1979). Tawfiq Al Hakim, Playwright of Egypt. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-903729-35-2.
- ^ Salem, Ali; Sālim, ʻAlī (2001). A Drive to Israel: An Egyptian Meets His Neighbors. Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. ISBN 978-965-224-050-7.
- ^ "Egyptian actress Laila Taher recovers from Covid-19: 'I am feeling better'". The National. 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ Ḥakīm, Tawfīq; Yaʻqūb, Lūsī (1987). عصفور الشرق، توفيق الحكيم: "في حوارات حول أفكاره و آثاره" (in Arabic). الدار المصرية اللبنانية،.
- ^ الغد (in Arabic). 1965.
- ^ al-Masraḥ (in Arabic). al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Taʼlīf wa-al-Nashr. October 1965.
- ^ Starkey, Starkey Paul (2016-06-02). Sonallah Ibrahim: Rebel with a Pen. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-0580-5.
- ^ Hutchins, William M.; Hutchins, William Maynard (2003). Tawfiq Al-Hakim: A Reader's Guide. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-0-89410-885-3.
- ^ Ḥakīm, Tawfīq (1981). Plays, Prefaces & Postscripts of Tawfiq Al-Hakim: Theater of the mind. Three Continents Press. ISBN 978-0-89410-148-9.
- ^ قاموس تالمسرح (in Arabic). al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Kitāb. 1996. ISBN 978-977-01-4269-1.
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