On a ship traveling to Egypt, Burhan kills Amina Hanem to steal her jewelry that the jeweler Cohen had offered her. However, the girl Nahid, who looks like Amina, sees him and orders him to return what he stole to Cohen. She wears Amina's clothes to impersonate her, in exchange for not exposing his crime. In Egypt, Nahid meets Amina's husband, pretending to be his wife. Amina's husband discovers the truth and fights with Burhan. In the fight, Enayat, Amina's husband's lover, is injured. He kills Burhan to make it look like Burhan killed Enayat and then committed suicide. Amina's husband lives with Nahed pretending to be his wife.
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Assia Dagher
ناهد - أمينة هانم
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Mary Queeny
عنايات
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Elham
Ahmed Galal
برهان
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Youssef Saleh
العم فارس
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Qais and Laila
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Mahmoud El Araby
محسن باش
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Zainab Helmy
فاطمة هانم
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Sania Yousry
أم ناهد
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عزيز المصري
Cohen
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Ahmed Galal Director · Tullio Chiarini Cinematographer Mary Queeny Editor
First release February 9, 1936 · Produced in Egypt · Original title زوجة بالنيابة
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لوتس فيلم (آسيا وشركاها)
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Egypt
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Original title
زوجة بالنيابة
Original language
Arabic
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Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · February 9, 1936
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