Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.
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Faten Hamama
Laila Sliman
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Saleh Selim
Hussein Amer
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Hasan Youssef
Essam
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The Three Friends
محمود مرسي
فؤاد
Shwikar
Gamila
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Mahmoud Moursy
Dr. Fouad
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Nahed Samir
Layla's mother
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The Wife of an Important Man
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Mimi Chakib
Layla's aunt
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Mr. Omar
Khadija Mahmoud
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Bakiza and Zaghloul
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Hasan Hosny
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The Headmaster
Aleya Abdel Moneim
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The Three Friends
Henry Barakat Director · Yussef Issa Screenplay Wahid Farid Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $4K · Budget $10K · First release October 7, 1963
Box office
Budget
$10,000
Worldwide gross
$4,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Egypt
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Languages
Original title
الباب المفتوح
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · October 7, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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