Daddy as a Bridegroom

Daddy as a Bridegroom

1950 · 112 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, Music

A wealthy man decides to leave his family to marry another woman, and falls in love with Qashta, who in turn loves Batata, who helped her in her artistic career. However, his daughters (Fadia and Nadia) strongly reject what he has done and decide to bring him back. They travel to Cairo to search for him, with the help of a young man who claims to belong to a wealthy family and tries to ensnare one of them in his web.

Directed by Hussein Fawzi · Written by Hassan Tawfik

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