The Civil Servant

In light of Zaatar's desperation to get a job, he advertises a job for a human being for rent, so Zazaoua starts doing his usual pranks as he writes a letter claiming that one of the bank managers wants to meet Zaatar in order to give him a job. As Zaatar rushes to meet the manager but gets expelled, the latter stops him a little and decides to offer him marriage to his ugly daughter.

It is the story of two friends, one a Muslim, Sheik Metwalli, and the other a Coptic Christian, Barsoum, both unemployed, suffering from hunger, and competing for a job in a bank. When the bank’s director mistakes them for wealthy businessmen, he takes them to his home for a lavish lunch. But upon learning their actual status, he chases them out of the house. At the film’s conclusion, as the two friends rest on the sidewalk absorbing their long-overdue meal, they are arrested by a policeman.

Rare footage of Saad Zaghloul's return from exile in 1923 and the Egyptian reception of him, filmed by Egyptian cinema pioneer Mohamed Bayoumi.

Ziyad and Omar plot to kidnap the Bedouin girl Layla with the help of Kasry, to get back at Layla's cousin Al-Buraq. The playful Abla tells Al-Buraq that Layla's father has sold her to Kasry, while Kasry fails to win Layla's affection.