Chased by the Dogs

Chased by the Dogs or The Thief and the Dogs (Arabic: اللص والكلاب, translit. El less wal kilab) is a 1962 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh, based on the 1961 novel The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1] The film was also selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Chased by the Dogs
Directed by	Kamal El Sheikh
Written by	Kamal El Sheikh Sabry Ezzat Naguib Mahfouz
Based on	The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz
Produced by	Gamal El Leithy
Starring	Shadia Shukry Sarhan
Cinematography	Kamal Korayem
Music by	Andre Ryder
Distributed by	Dollar film
Release date	12 November 1962 (1962-11-12)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

Cast

• Shadia as Nour
• Shukry Sarhan as Saeed Mahran
• Kamal Al-Shennawi as Raouf Elwan
• Samir Sabri as Taleb
• Fakher Fakher
• Salah Mansour

See also

• List of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film