The Escape
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Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.
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Cast
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Ahmed Zaki
Montaser Abdel Ghaffar
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Salem Zidane
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Sabah
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Mohamed Wafiq
Colonel Fouad Al-Sharnoubi
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The Message
Abu Bakr Ezzat
Major General Ismail
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Hasan Hosny
Minister assistant
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Zouzou Nabil
Sakina’s aunt - Muntaser’s mother
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Mahmoud El-Bezzawy
Abdullah Abdul Ghaffar
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Zaki Chan
She Made Me a Criminal
Youssef Fawzy
Medhat
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Tarek's Situation
Abd Allah Meshref
Omran
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She Made Me a Criminal
Bittersweet
Salah Abdallah
Makhzanji the forger
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Mohamed Henedi
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Atef El-Tayeb Director · Mostafa Moharram Writer Bashir El Deek Writer
First release April 16, 1991 · Produced in Egypt · Original title الهروب
Production
Tamido Film Production and Distribution (Medhat El-Sherif)
Production
Egypt
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Languages
Original title
الهروب
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · April 16, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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