The Sparrow (1972 film)

Al Asfour (Arabic: العصفور, "The Sparrow") is a 1972 film directed by Youssef Chahine,^[1][2][3] with Ali Badrakhan^[4] as second director.

Al Asfour
Directed by	Youssef Chahine
Screenplay by	Youssef Chahine Lotfi Al Khouli
Produced by	Misr International Films MH Films
Starring	Mahmoud el-Meliguy Salah Kabil Salah Mansour Ali El Sherif Ahmed Bedir Hamdy Ahmed Habiba Mohsena Tawfik
Cinematography	Mostafa Emam
Edited by	Rashida Abdel Salam
Music by	Hassan Abouzeid
Release date	1972 (1972)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	Algeria Egypt
Language	Arabic

Youssef Chahine, director

Synopsis

June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich.

Cast

• Salah Kabil as Yussif Fath el-Bab
• Ali El Scherif as Rawf
• Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ryad
• Seif El Dine as Ismail
• Mariem Fakhr El Dine as Fatma
• Habiba
• Mohsena Tewfik as Bahiya
• Sid Ali Kouiret