

The Hunger
Genres
Overview
In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission. While in prison, his wife is preparing for a revolution by the poor to demolish this corrupt regime and end the tyranny in the alley.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
112 min
Release Date
1986-01-02
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
7
Soad Hosny
زبيده
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
فرج الجبالي
Yousra
ملك السمري
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
جابر الجبالي
Sanaa Younes
زينب
Thuraya Helmy
خاله حليمه
Samiha Tawfiq
شربات ام فرج
Hanan Soliman
فله
Said Tarabeek
المعلم محروس
Adel Awad
Randa
Sayed Sadek
المعلم برهان
Naeem Essa
Othman Abdel Monem
شيخ المسجد
Hafez Amin
Abdel Ghani Naser
المعلم عزيز
Youssef Eid
Mohamed Trabeek
Ibrahim Hassanein
عبدالحي عزب
Sayed Hatem
Abdulhadi Anwar
Ahmed Abu Abiya
Attiya Dawood
Hamdy Salem
Hussein Arar
Samiha Mohamed
Adel Abu Al Gheet
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