A Stranger

A Stranger

1958 · 95 min · Music

A daughter who lives with her single father, goes to live with her mother who married a prominent man. The father remarries while she's not happy at her mother's house. The mother tries to get her to fall in love with their neighbors' son.

Directed by Ahmad Badrakhan · Written by ElSayed Bedir

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