Owner of Few Piasters
1949 · 85 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Music, Romance, Comedy
The three sisters ,Siham, Nabila, Sannia inherit from their late uncle an amount of only five hundred pounds, which drives them to travel to Alexandria to search for wealthy men to marry them. They stay at a fancy hotel where they meet three rich men, where comic paradoxes and misunderstanding happen between the six of them.
Directed by Ezz Eldin Zulficar · Written by Youssef Gohar
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Mohamed Fawzi سمير -
Camelia سهام -
Shadia نبيلة -
Ismail Yaseen عنتر -
Thuraya Helmy سنية -
Salah Nazmi كمال -
Mohamed Abdel Koudouss والد كمال -
Hind Rostom فواكة -
Nelly Mazloum راقصة -
Souad Ahmed ام خضرة -
Abdelaziz Hamdy سباط افندی -
Abdel Hamid Zaki خادم العزبة
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