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The Sparrow
The Sparrow

The Sparrow

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Arabic

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

26 August 1974

Country

Egypt

Cast

Mohsena Tawfiq

Mohsena Tawfiq

Baheya

Mahmoud El Meligy

Mahmoud El Meligy

Johnny

Salah Qabil

Salah Qabil

Youssef Fathallah

Seif Abdelrahman

Seif Abdelrahman

Raouf

Habiba

Habiba

Fatima

Ali Al Sharif

Ali Al Sharif

Sheikh Ahmed

Ragaa Hussein

Ragaa Hussein

Zubaida

Salah Mansour

Salah Mansour

Ismail

Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Abdel Warith Assir

Abdel Warith Assir

Hamdy Ahmed

Hamdy Ahmed

Auf

Mahmoud Qabil

Mahmoud Qabil

Reyad

Ahmad Bedir

Ahmad Bedir

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

Saeed Abdel Ghani

Saeed Abdel Ghani

The Journalist

Hassan El Baroudy

Hassan El Baroudy

Nazim Sharawy

Nazim Sharawy

Mohamed Abu Hashish

Mohamed Abu Hashish

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