Shukry Sarhan

The story concerns a benevolent farmer, his troubled son and his grandson, who is beginning to chafe under his father's restrictions; the situation is given an explosive charge by the return from prison of the patriarch's beloved younger son. (Harvard Film Archive)

A young man from the country arrives in Cairo to finish his education. His landlady, a widow and successful businesswoman in the quarter of the Citadel, seduces him. Although she teaches him much about life she also makes him forget his obligations to his family, his studies, even his religion. When he tries to put her aside she attempts to force him to give up everything in which he believes.

A corrupt mayor, who rules the village's people with power and injustice, forces another poor man's wife secretly to marry him in order to have a child.

An unhappy village farmer goes to the city and ends up in the cross hairs of dreaded criminals.

In an archetypal Egyptian neighborhood, Taha works hard to put aside enough money to marry his beloved Khadija, but when the necessary funds suddenly become available there is an unexpected turn of events. The life of the entire neighborhood is turned upside down and the true colors of its inhabitants are revealed. (FilmAffinity)

After four years in prison, the young thief Said Mahran comes out of jail & seeks revenge against those who betrayed him: his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to turn him into the police. They are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him and his mentor Rauf Ilwan. (farnas)