Return My Heart (film)

Return My Heart[1] (Egyptian Arabic: رد قلبى, translit: Rodd Qalbi) is a 1957 Egyptian film directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar and written by Yusuf Sibai and Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. It stars Shoukry Sarhan, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Salah Zulfikar, Hussein Riad and Hind Rostom.[2][3][4][5] The film is listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films of the 20th century.[6][7][8][9]

Return My Heart
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Egyptian Arabicرد قلبى
Directed byEzz El-Dine Zulficar
Written byYusuf Sibai
Screenplay byEzz El-Dine Zulficar
Produced byAsia Dagher
StarringShoukry Sarhan
Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Salah Zulfikar
Hussein Riad
Hind Rostom
CinematographyWahid Farid
Edited byKamal Abu El Ela
Music byFouad El Zahery
Production
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Lotus Film
Distributed byLotus Film
Release date
  • December 10, 1957 (1957-12-10) (Egypt)
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Synopsis

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The film chronicles the story of a poor young man, the son of Janaini, named Ali (Shoukry Sarhan) and his brother Hussein (Salah Zulfikar), and Ali and his immortal love for a rich princess named Engy (Mariam Fakhr eddine) does not see the light of class discrimination, and her father's categorical rejection of that marriage. Their relationship becomes complicated when her father learns of this relationship, so he expels Ali's father, and Engy threatens that he will smite her lover if she does not back down. In fact, Engy backs down from the relationship and becomes engaged to someone else. Ali's life is turned upside down, and he and Engy's life becomes complicated; As he felt that Engy had betrayed him.[10][circular reference][11]

Crew

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  • Director: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
  • Story writer: Yusuf Sibai
  • Screenplay: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
  • Producer: Asia Dagher
  • Cinematographer: Wahid Farid
  • Editor: Kamal Abu El Ela
  • Music: Fouad El Zahery
  • Studio: Lotus Film
  • Distributor: Lotus Film

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In culture

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Since its release in 1957, the film has been shown on the Egyptian state television on every 23 July, which is the anniversary of the 1952 revolution, due to the fact that the main character, Ali, joined the Free Officers Movement which carried out the revolution.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rodd Qalbi (1957) - IMDb, retrieved 28 July 2021
  2. ^ البنا, د دعاء أحمد (2019). دراما المخابرات.. وقضايا الهوية الوطنية (in Arabic). Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing. ISBN 978-977-319-487-1.
  3. ^ الحكيم, أيمن; رستم, هند; الكرمة, دار (31 January 2018). هند رستم: ذكرياتي (in Arabic). Al-Karma Books. ISBN 978-977-6467-94-1.
  4. ^ السيسي, أكرم (24 November 2021). تحليل الخطاب السياسي والاجتماعي .. من 23 يوليو إلى 30 يونيو (in Arabic). دار لمار للنشر والتوزيع والترجمة. ISBN 978-977-86046-1-0.
  5. ^ Movie - Rod Kalby - 1957 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 27 July 2021
  6. ^ "Top 100 Egyptian Films (CIFF)". IMDb. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Egyptian Films (CIFF)". IMDb. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  9. ^ قاسم, محمود (1 January 2018). الفيلم السياسي في السينما المصرية (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.
  10. ^ "رد قلبي (فيلم) - ويكيبيديا". ar.m.wikipedia.org (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  11. ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  12. ^ Zeinab Abul Magd (2017). Militarizing the Nation. The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt. Columbia University Press. p. 35. doi:10.7312/abul17062-003. ISBN 9780231542807.
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