The Leech

1956

120 min

7.0

Ends at

A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, Music

Director

Salah Abu Seif

Country

Egypt

Cast & Crew

Shadia

Tahiya Cariocca

Shoukry Sarhan

Abdel Warith Assir

Serag Mounir

Ferdoos Mohamed

Soliman ElGendy

Mary Ezz El Din

Abdel Moneim Basyouni

Ali Kamel

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The Leech

A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.

  • Shadia

  • Tahiya Cariocca

  • Shoukry Sarhan

  • Abdel Warith Assir

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