

The Sparrow
Genres
Overview
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
110 min
Release Date
1974-08-26
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
6.3
Mohsena Tawfiq
Baheya
Mahmoud El Meligy
Johnny
Salah Qabil
Youssef Fathallah
Seif Abdelrahman
Raouf
Habiba
Fatima
Ali Al Sharif
Sheikh Ahmed
Ragaa Hussein
Zubaida
Salah Mansour
Ismail
Mariam Fakhr Eddine
Abdel Warith Assir
Hamdy Ahmed
Auf
Mahmoud Qabil
Reyad
Ahmad Bedir
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
Saeed Abdel Ghani
The Journalist
Hassan El Baroudy
Nazim Sharawy
Mohamed Abu Hashish
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4.3
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8.7
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0.0
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0.0
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6.6
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8.0
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7.5
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7.4
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0.0
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7.5
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6.3
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7.6
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6.8
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7.2
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7.4
Miramar
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6.9
The Second Wife
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6.8
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6.5
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2.5
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