The Fifth Castle

Name: The Fifth Castle
Director: Bilal Al Sabouni
Released: 1979-01-01
Cast: Abd Elfatah Almozyen, Osama Khalky, Asaad Fedda, Nadine Khoury, Ahmad Addas

1979 · 106 min

At the early fifties in Syria, a man meets Salama, Mustafa, Hussein, and Youssef, all of whom oppose the dictatorial authority, when he is thrown into a political prison due to a misunderstanding, after which he finds himself in a place other than what he imagined, living in a difficult intellectual struggle.

Directed by Bilal Al Sabouni · Written by Sonallah Ibrahim

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Abd Elfatah Almozyen
Osama Khalky
Asaad Fedda
Nadine Khoury
Ahmad Addas
Yoland Asmar

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