Mother Khadija (Amina Rizk) works as a maid to raise her daughter Nemat (Shadia). The school principal (Nelly Mazloum) sympathizes with her and gives her a room in her garden to live in with her daughter. Nemat is raised with Mona (Amal Farid), the daughter of the principal. She loves Nemat, the wealthy young man Hassan (Hassan Youssef), but his family rejects their marriage. Nemat is ashamed of her mother's work and runs away from home. Nemat works in several jobs but is subjected to many harassment, and at the same time she continues her relationship with Hassan despite all the pressures around her.
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Shadia
نعمت عبد العال
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Hasan Youssef
حسن عبد اللطيف
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Amina Rizk
خديجه
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Amaal Farid
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Nelly Mazloum
الناظرة
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Abdel Moneim Basyouni
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Fakher Fakher
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Zeinab Sedky
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عارف
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Olwiya Gamil
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Fawzeya Hegazy
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EL ABALSSA
Hassan Al-Imam Director · Mohamed Mostafa Sami Writer
First release November 12, 1961 · Produced in Egypt · Original title التلميذة
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Egypt
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Original title
التلميذة
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · November 12, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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