Egypt / Aug 26, 1972
1h 50min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hamdy Ahmed | Auf |
| Mariam Fakhr Eddine | |
| Ragaa Hussein | Zubaida |
| Mahmoud Qabil | Reyad |
| Hassan El Baroudy | |
| Nazim Sharawy | |
| Abdel Warith Assir | |
| Muhammad Khalil | |
| Sayed Shahat | |
| Ahmad Bedir | |
| Abdel Ghani El Nagdi | |
| Saeed Abdel Ghani | The Journalist |
| Mohamed Abu Hashish | |
| Ali Jawhar | |
| Sameh Moursi | |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Self - on TV (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | العصفور |
| Original language | العربية (AR) |
| Spoken languages | العربية |
| Production countries | Egypt, Algeria |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | MISR International Films, MH Films |
| Release date | 26 agosto 1972 |
| Production | Youssef Chahine, Ahmed Rachedi |
| Writer | Youssef Chahine, Lotfy El Kholy, Ahmad Fouad Negm |
| Editing | Rashida Abdel Salam |
| Cinematography | Mustafa Imam |
| Assistant directors | Ali Badrakhan, Youssef Chahine |
| Camera operators | Mustafa Imam |
| Additional photography | Mustafa Imam |
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| Music | Ali Ismail, Sheikh Imam, Mohsena Tawfiq |
| Sound | Sheikh Imam, Mohsena Tawfiq, Ali Ismail |
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