Driven from Paradise
1965 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
The dervish Alish dies and is taken in a majestic procession to the cemetery. When he ascends to heaven to be judged, he discovers that the sum of his virtues equals the sum of his sins, so he's sent back to the living in order to test him and decide whether he should enter heaven or hell.
Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab · Written by Tawfiq Al-Hakim
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Farid Shawqy (الشيح عليش / إبراهيم -
Samira Ahmad أمينة -
Mohammad Tawfiq السجين أبو سوسن -
Nagwa Fouad سنية - مالكة الكبارية -
Tawfiq Al-Deqen -
Aziza Helmy أم أمينة -
Poussi سوسن -
Ragaa Youssef راقصة المولد -
Abdel Hafeez ElTatawy أحمد أفندي - المدرس -
Abbas El Daly ريفي -
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi ريفي -
Hussein Asar عمدة القرية
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