The Holy Man (1959 film)

The Holy Man
المبروك
Directed by	Hassan Reda
Written by	Mahmoud el-Meliguy (story) Mohamed Othman (scenario and dialogue)
Produced by	Mahmoud el-Meliguy
Starring	Mariam Fakhr Eddine Emad Hamdy Mahmoud el-Meliguy Alwiya Gamil Omar el-Hariri Samiha Ayoub Mohamed Tawfik Kadreya Kadry
Cinematography	Sobhi Basta
Edited by	Hussein Afifi Nahed Makkawi Sayed Bassiouni Nadia Shukri
Music by	Fouad el-Zahery
Production company	Silver Star Films
Distributed by	Heliopolis Films
Release date	1959 (1959)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

The Holy Man (Arabic: المبروك, transliterated Al-Mabrouk) is an Egyptian film released in 1959. The film is based on Molière's play Tartuffe.

Cast and crew

Cast

• Mariam Fakhr Eddine
• Emad Hamdy
• Mahmoud el-Meliguy
• Alwiya Gamil
• Omar el-Hariri
• Samiha Ayoub
• Mohammed Tawfik
• Kadreya Kadry
• Naima Wasfi
• Awatef Ramadan
• Zaki Ibrahim
• Sameera Hussein
• Abdelmoneim Bassiouni
• Abbas el-Daly
• Mohamed Shaaban
• Neamat el-Meligy
• Hussein Ismail
• Abdul Hamid Badawi
• Hamada Jalal
• Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman
• Sayed el-Araby
• Samia Mohsen
• Fifi Said
• Ali Kamel
• Dongel (Ajami Abdel Rahman)
• Khairiya Khairy
• Nadia Ezzat

Crew

• Mahmoud el-Meliguy (producer)
• Ali Kamel (production manager)
• Silver Star Films (studio)
• Syed Ghorab (production manager)
• Abdulaziz Ali (production assistant)
• Hassan Abduljalil (production assistant)
• Saleh al-Awadi (production assistant)
• Hussein Tawfik (production supervisor)
• Andrea Zendels (sound engineer)
• Artisat Sabbagh (dialogue recorder)
• Ali Muhammad (voice mixer)
• Syed Abdulrahman (voice mixer)
• Hussein Afifi (editor)
• Nahed Makkawi (negative)
• Sayed Bassiouini (film synthesis)
• Nadia Shoukry (music editor)
• Maher Abdelnour (set design)
• Hussein Sharif (props)
• Dongel (Ajami Abdel Rahman) (props)
• Ali Hassan (camera director)
• Ali Khairallah (cameraman)
• Mohamed Shaker (assistant cameraman)
• Hassan Reda (director)
• Mohamed Galal (assistant director)
• Hussein Omar (script)
• Mahmoud Samaha (makeup)
• Ahmed Desouky (makeup assistant)
• Al-Ahram Studios (printing and developing)
• Toto Khoury (celluloid lab manager)
• Mahmoud el-Meliguy (story writer)
• Mohamed Othman (screenplay and dialogue writer)
• Sobhi Basta (cinematographer)
• Fouad el-Zahery (music)
• Kamal Merhi (arranger)
• Heliopolis Films (distributor)

Synopsis

The titular holy man cons people into believing in his alleged powers. Asked to treat a woman named Zainab, he researches her family to burnish his credibility. When confronted about the scam, he becomes increasingly evasive.[1]

External links

• El Cinema page
• Dhliz page

References

1. Kassem, Mahmoud (2006). موسوعة الأفلام الروائية في مصر والعالم العربي ("Arabic Movies Encyclopedia"), vol. 2. Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 452.