The Killers (1971 film)

The Killers
Film poster
Egyptian Arabic	القتلة
Directed by	Ashraf Fahmy
Written by	Mahmoud Abu Zeid
Produced by	Mohammed Younes
Starring	Salah Zulfikar Nahed Sherif
Cinematography	Refaat Ragheb
Edited by	Gamil Abdel Aziz
Production company	General Egyptian Corporation for Cinema Production
Distributed by	General Egyptian Corporation for Cinema Production
Release date	25 March 1971 (1971-03-25)
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

The Killers[1] (Egyptian Arabic: القتلة, translit: El-Qatala or Al-Qatala)[2][3][4][5] is a 1971 Egyptian crime thriller starring Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Sherif. The film is written by Mahmoud Abu Zeid and directed by Ashraf Fahmy.[6][7][8]

Synopsis

Adel Shawkat has a firm belief that his stepfather killed his father to marry his mother. He makes a strange deal with the unemployed Aziz Abu El Ezz, who wants to get rid of his wife Sawsan, to cash her life insurance policy. Adel pledges to kill Aziz's wife in return for Aziz killing his stepfather.

Main cast

• Salah Zulfikar: Adel Shawkat
• Nahed Sherif: Sawsan Fahmy
• Adel Adham: Aziz Abu El Ezz
• Zozo Chakib: Adel's mother
• Gamal Ismail: Public prosecutor
• Emad Muharram: Emad Rashad
• Ashraf El-Selehdar: Hussein
• Hussein Ismail: Shawish

Production

The film was produced and distributed by the state owned, General Egyptian Corporation for Cinema Production.

See also

• Crime thrillers
• Egyptian cinema
• Salah Zulfikar filmography
• List of Egyptian films of the 1970s

External links

• The Killers at IMDb
• The Killers on elCinema

References

1. Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5.
2. Movie - The Killers - 1971 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-07-27
3. "Al-Qatala Film - 1971 - Dhliz - Leading Egyptian movie and artist database". dhliz.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
4. Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
5. قاسم, أ محمود (1999). دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين (in Arabic). مجموعة النيل العربية. ISBN 978-977-5919-02-1.
6. Bazzoli, Maria Silvia; Gariazzo, Giuseppe (2001). Onde del desiderio: il cinema egiziano dalle origini agli anni Settanta (in Italian). Torino film festival, Associazione cinema giovani. ISBN 978-88-88357-01-0.
7. قاسم, محمود (2018-11-24). الاقتباس " المصادر الأجنبية في السينما المصرية " (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.
8. قاسم, أ محمود (1999). دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين (in Arabic). مجموعة النيل العربية. ISBN 978-977-5919-02-1.