Salah, a young college student, falls in love for the first time with Samiha. He spends his nights thinking about her and looking to her face in the “empty pillow” next to him. When she marries someone else, he is devastated and her memory haunts him no matter where he goes.
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Abdel Halim Hafez
Salah
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Abdulhaleem Hafiz
Lobna Abdel Aziz
Samiha
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Omar Al-Hariri
Fouad
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Zahrat Al-Ola
Durraya
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Ahmad Ramzy
Fayez
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The Three Friends
Abdel Warith Assir
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Seraj Muneer
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Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
Hassan
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Aziza Helmy
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Kawthar Shafik
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Mottarada Gharameya
Salah Abu Seif Director
First release October 7, 1957 · Produced in Egypt · Original title الوسادة الخالية
Production
Egypt
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Original title
الوسادة الخالية
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · October 7, 1957
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No release date listed for United States.
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