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The Unknown Woman (1959 film)

The Unknown Woman is a 1959 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It is based on the play Madame X. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shadia, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal El-Shennawi, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola.

Plot
In 1930, the two girls, Fatma El-Sayed and Souad El-Qadi, were working in Sidnawi shops, and they lived together in a small room with no family. At a charity party, they sold flowers to collect donations and met the wealthy Dr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah, and they claimed that they were from a noble family. A feeling arose between Ahmed and Fatima after their many meetings, and when the feeling flared between them, Fatima told him the truth, but she was surprised that he knew everything about her, and married her despite the opposition of his mother, Amina Hanem, and lived with them in their large palace. Meanwhile, her friend Soad met the thug Abbas Abu Al-Dahab, who deceived her and she lived with him without marriage, and her relationship with Fatma was cut off, who gave birth to her son Samir. Three years later, Abbas Abu Al-Dahab called Fatima to tell her that her friend Soad was sick and on the verge of death. She rushed to see her at the pension where she was staying with Abbas. Unfortunately for her, the pension was suspicious and the police raided it and arrested Fatima. She was detained at the police station until her innocence was proven several days later. The doctor had divorced her and sent the divorce papers to the police station. She rushed to the palace to tell Amina Hanem that Ahmed had taken his son and traveled abroad. Fatima returned to live with Souad, who had been released due to her illness. Souad was working in one of the halls and refused to let Fatima slip down the same path. Fatima surrendered to her sorrows and learned to drink alcohol to forget, and lived in the hope that her son would return from abroad. Souad fell ill and her circumstances worsened and she needed treatment, so Fatima was forced to work in the cabaret as a singer under the name Shams, and she never stopped visiting the palace. Abbas was released from prison and imposed a tax on the workers in the hall, but Fatima refused to pay. Abbas took 2 kilos of oranges and went to Souad to restore the old friendship, but she expelled him. Abbas hit Fatima with a glass neck, but Souad received the blow for her and died, and Abbas was imprisoned. Ahmed and his son Sameer returned from outside, and Fatima saw him and her heart was torn out with joy. She continued to visit the palace for twenty years, during which she was ruined and became fit only for selling lottery tickets to live. Sameer became a lawyer and proposed to the daughter of the nobles, Aida. Abbas was released from prison, went to Fatima and asked her to blackmail her ex-husband, but she refused, so he decided to blackmail him, but she feared the scandal that would befall her son, so she killed him and remained silent. The court appointed her son Sameer to defend her, and fate willed that she sit with her son in prison, talking to her and filling her eyes with him without telling him her secret, as she was killed so that he would not know. In court, and in response to the insistence of her lawyer son, she spoke and told her story without revealing the names. When the court and the prosecution asked her for the names, Dr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah came forward and confessed to everything. The court sentenced her to a reduced sentence of 6 months, which she spent in the trial and investigations, and she was released with her family. == Staff ==
Staff
• Based on: Madame X • Adaptation: Mahmoud Zulfikar • Screenplay: Mahmoud Zulfikar and Muhammad Othman • Director: Mahmoud Zulfikar • Production: Hassan Ramzy • Distribution: Al Nasr Films Company • Cinematography: Abdel Halim Nasr • Score: Mounir Mourad • Editing: Fekri Rostom == Cast ==
Cast
Shadia as Fatima • Shoukry Sarhan as Samir • Kamal El-Shennawi as Abbas • Emad Hamdy as Ahmed • Zahret El-Ola as Souad • Nijma Ibrahim as Amina Hanem • Soher El Bably as Aida • Soraya Fakhri as Nanny • Ahmed Lokser as Officer • Ataouta as dancer • Fifi Youssef as Mahasen • Abdul Moneim Saudi as Driver • Ekram Ezzo as Younger Samir • Ahmed Sabry as Older Samir • Anwar Madkour as Police officer • Monir Fakhry as Bakr • Abbas El-Dali as Doctor • George Yordanis as Bar man • Mimi Gamal as Extra • Mohamed Hassan Ramzy as Child == External links ==
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