The Beginning and the End
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Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.
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Cast
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Omar Sharif
Hassanein
Known for
Doctor Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
Sanaa Gamil
Nefisah
Also in
The Second Wife
Dawn of a New Day
Farid Shawqy
Hassan
Known for
Cairo Station
Kamal Hussein
Hussein
Also in
Days and Nights
Love in Karnak
Amina Rizk
The Mother
Also in
The Nightingale's Prayer
Kit Kat
Salah Mansour
The Grocer's Son
Also in
The Postman
Dreams Of El Tayer Boy
Amaal Farid
Bahiya
Also in
Girls of Today
A Woman on the Road
Abdel Khaleq Saleh
Also in
A Man in Our House
The Last Night
Hamed Morsi
Also in
My Father Is on the Tree
A Thousand and One Nights
Mohamed Hamdy
Known for
In Desert and Wilderness
Samia Roshdy
Also in
Days and Nights
Between Heaven and Earth
Hussain Ismael
Known for
Cairo Station
Salah Abu Seif Director · Salah Erzine Screenplay Naguib Mahfouz Writer
First release October 31, 1960 · Produced in Egypt · Original title بداية ونهاية
Production
دينار فيلم
Production
Egypt
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Languages
Original title
بداية ونهاية
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · October 31, 1960
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No release date listed for United States.
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