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Afrita Hanem (The Genie Lady)
[Afrita Hanem]

Type:
Feature Film

Director:
Henri Barakat

Year:
1950

Time:
111 minutes

Written by:
Henri Barakat

Edited by:
Emil Bahari

Language:
Arabic with English or French subtitles

 

 
Ordering Information
Available for online sale
Available for online sale
   

Meet Asfour (Farid Al Atrache), a poor singer/actor who stumbles upon a magic lamp and its wish-granting genie (Samia Gamal). When he uses his new-found power to woo his gold-digging girlfriend away from her rich suitor, Asfour discovers that his genie has a few wishes of her own.

Sure to delight and entertain, this classic film stars two of Egypt's cinematic legends in an innovative and endearing blend of comedy, fantasy and musical genres.

DVD Special Features

  • Digitally remastered picture and sound
  • English and French subtitles
  • Scene access
  • Rare original trailer
  • Filmographies

    This film is available with a Digital Site License (DSL), which allows colleges, universities, or libraries to encode, locally host, and stream the film to their community on a closed, password-protected system.

    Rental Information
    This film is available from AFD for public screenings and television broadcast. For information regarding rental rates and formats, please contact [email protected] for institutional/non-theatrical screenings, or [email protected] for theatrical, festival, television, or other bookings.

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