This Is Love
هذا هو الحب
Directed by
  • Salah Abu Seif
  • Ahmed El-Sabawy (assistant director)
  • Saleh Fawzy (assistant director)
Written byMuhammed Kamel Hassan al-Mohami
Starring
Production
company
Orient Films Distribution
Release date
  • October 26, 1958 (1958-10-26)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

This Is Love (Arabic: هذا هو الحب transliterated as Hatha howa al’ob) is an Egyptian film released on October 22, 1958. The film is directed by Salah Abu Seif, features a screenplay written by Muhammed Kamel Hassan al-Mohami, and stars Lobna Abdel Aziz and Yehia Chahine.

Plot

Hussein is a civil engineer in his town with an unusual mentality. He is conservative and committed to finding a virgin wife, and he sees Sharifa as a suitable prospect. He proposes and she agrees. However, ten days into the marriage, Hussein discovers his wife has a romantic past and sees her as a fallen woman, leading her to suffer greatly from the consequent divorce.[1][2][3]

Cast

  • Lobna Abdel Aziz (Sharifa)
  • Yehia Chahine (Hussein)
  • Hussein Riad (Sharifa's father)
  • Mahmoud Azmy (Fouad)
  • Abdel Moneim Ibrahim (Tawfiq)
  • Omar El-Hariri (Bahgat)
  • Mary Mounib (Hussein's mother)
  • Ferdoos Mohammed (Sharifa's mother)
  • Soheir El-Barouni (Samiha)
  • Salah Abdulhameed (spice miller in the poor neighborhood)
  • Shafik Nour El Din (cabaret founder)
  • Gamalat Zayed (Mrs. Zaha)
  • Kamal Anwar
  • Abdel Moneim Ismail (Ali, a gofer)
  • Zein el-Ashmawy (Fouad's friend)
  • Zeinat Olwi (dancer)
  • Badr Nofal (hotel guest)
  • Hussein Ismail (Zaki)
  • Metawee Eweiss (furniture porter)
  • Toson Moatamed (furniture porter)
  • Abdelazim Kamel (company engineer)

References

  1. ↑ Al-Sukari, Al-Abbas (August 31, 2011). "الخميس.. "هذا هو الحب" على "روتانا زمان"". Youm7. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Gharib, Osama (May 20, 2015). "هذا هو الحب". Masr al-Arabia. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Gharib, Osama (September 10, 2017). "الرجل المظلوم". Al-Masry Al-Youm. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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