A Storm of Love

A Storm of Love
A Storm of Love
	عاصفة من الحب
Directed by	Hussein el-Mohandess
Written by	Hussein el-Mohandess
Produced by	Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Starring	Salah Zulfikar; Nahed Sherif;
Cinematography	Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Edited by	Hussain Ahmed
Music by	Fouad el-Zahery
Production; company	United Film Company
Distributed by	United Cinemas (Sobhi Farhat)
Release date	1961;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

A Storm of Love (Arabic: عاصفة من الحب, transliterated A'sefa min al-hubb or A'sefa Min Alhub) is an Egyptian film released in 1961. The film is directed and written by Hussein el-Mohandess, and stars Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Sherif.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Synopsis

A rivalry develops between the Ubaida and Rizeiga tribes: an Ubaida mother asks her son Hamed to burn Rizeiga crops once the killer of a Rizeiga is released from prison. Hamed is considered one of the most eligible bachelors in the village, and while his mother wants him to pick a glamorous village woman, he is struck by a dancing gypsy girl named Khaleda and determined to seduce her. Opposed by her patron Sharif and his family, Hamed elopes with Khaleda to the coastal region of El Manzala, where they eke out a modest living on his fishing wages and their whereabouts are known to none back home except the trusted Sheikh Mabrouk. Sharif, however, arrives at their bungalow to retrieve his meal ticket, convincing her to leave Hamed.

Hamed returns to his home village and marries his mother's choice, Zainab, but Khaleda remains by the sea and decides not to return to Sharif's enslavement. Sheikh Mabrouk shelters her and sends for Hamed when she suffers health complications after giving birth to a son, which ultimately kill her. Hamed returns to the village and Zainab promises to raise the child with him as their own.

Crew

Director: Hussein el-Mohandess
Studio: United Film Company, produced by Abdel Aziz Fahmy and partners
Distributor: United Cinema, run by Sobhi Farhat
Cinematographer: Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Music: Fouad el-Zahery

Cast

Main cast

Salah Zulfikar (Hamed)
Nahed Sherif (Khaleda)
Amina Rizk (Hamed's mother)
Adly Kasseb (Sharif)
Widad Hamdi (Khaleda's friend)
Nadia Al-Gindi (Zainab)
Muhammad Othman (Zainab's father)
Mohsen Hassanein (Rizeiga chief)
Ibrahim Emara (Sheikh Mabrouk)

Supporting cast

Lotfi Abdel Hamid
Mohamed Hamdi
Mohamed Maghraby
Abdul Hamid Badawi
Mahmoud al-Arabi
Fawzi Darwish

External links

References

^ Kassem, Mahmoud (1999). دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين ("Guide to 20th-Century Arab Actors"). Cairo: Nile Group. p. 1897. ISBN 978-977-5919-02-1. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ Kassem, Mahmoud (March 10, 2020). موسوعة الممثل في السينما العربية، الجزء الأول. Cairo: E-Kutb. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-78058-548-2. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Article". الأصل ("Sail") (609–617): 59. 1994. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ Kassem, Mahmoud (2006). موسوعة الأفلام العربية ("Encyclopedia of Arab Films"), vol. 2. Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 187. ISBN 9781780583228. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[1] Kassem, Mahmoud (1999). دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين ("Guide to 20th-Century Arab Actors"). Cairo: Nile Group. p. 1897. ISBN 978-977-5919-02-1. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[2] Kassem, Mahmoud (March 10, 2020). موسوعة الممثل في السينما العربية، الجزء الأول. Cairo: E-Kutb. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-78058-548-2. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[3] "Article". الأصل ("Sail") (609–617): 59. 1994. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[4] Kassem, Mahmoud (2006). موسوعة الأفلام العربية ("Encyclopedia of Arab Films"), vol. 2. Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 187. ISBN 9781780583228. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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