Leila bint el fukara
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| Leila bint el fukara | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anwar Wagdi |
| Written by | Anwar Wagdi Badie' Khayri |
| Starring | Leila Mourad Anwar Wagdi Suleiman Naguib Bishara Wakim |
| Music by | Mohamed Hassan Al Shujai |
| Cinematography | Mohamed Abd Aladim |
| Edited by | Kamal El Sheikh |
Production company | United Film Company (Wagdi’s studio) |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
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Leila bint el fukara (Arabic: ليلى بنت الفقراء, lit. “Laila, the Poor Man’s Daughter”) is an Egyptian romantic musical comedy film released in 1945 and starring its director-producer Anwar Wagdi, Leila Mourad, and Bishara Wakim. The original director, Kamal Selim, died during production and was replaced by Wagdi, yielding the latter’s debut as director and producer and starting a series of films made by Wagdi and his wife Mourad that ended with Bint el akaber in 1953.
Synopsis[edit]
Laila (Leila Mourad lives in the poor neighborhood near Cairo’s Al-Sayeda Zainab Mosque when she is invited to the birthday party of her former classmate Samira Hanim (Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim). Laila’s excuse for not attending fails her when her friend Aida (Zouzou Nabil) promises to procure a suitable dress.
Smitten with her cousin Wahid (Anwar Wagdi), Samira is snubbed by him at the party and gets revenge by introducing Laila as the daughter of Darwish Pasha, a grandee in the tony Zamalek neighborhood. At Darwish’s house, Wahid asks Laila for her phone number and she gives him that of her uncle’s shop. He refuses to leave until she is safely in the house, so she comes in through a window. Darwish (Bishara Wakim) wakes up concerned that he is being burglarized, whence Laila claims that she is the one in love with Wahid but saw no future due to the class difference, prompting Darwish to reassure her and take her home.
The next day, Wahid tells his father Mukhtar Pasha (Suleiman Naguib) that he wants to marry Laila on the pretense of her being a lady of wealth. Wahid calls her to propose at Darwish’s house, so Laila leaves to tell him the truth in time. All her effort is in vain since Wahid arrives early and misunderstands Darwish as giving him her hand in marriage. Darwish sends Laila home with a surprise gift of money that her father plans to return in thanks.
Darwish Efendi, Laila’s father, goes to Darwish Pasha’s house and finds him gone and Mukhtar there instead. Mukhtrar asks Darwish Efendi for permission to marry their children since he mistakes the latter for Darwish Pasha. While Efendi returns to inform Laila, Samira meets Mukhtar and reveals the truth, so Mukhtar angrily confronts the real Darwish Pasha as a swindler. The angry Darwish Pasha lets Wahid know she is not his daughter, so a curious Wahid calls the number and realizes it is a grocer, coming to her house to accuse her of gold-digging. She tries to explain Samira’s role, but he ignores her and leaves to confront Mukhtar for favoring Samira.
Wahid meets Darwish Pasha and confesses his love for Laila in spite of his anger, a sentiment Darwish Pasha vindicates by explaining Laila was caught in lies not of her own making. Wahid visits Laila once more and is forgiven, prompting Darwish Pasha to help and Mukhtar Pasha to agree to the marriage. Samira crashes the wedding with an objection to Laila as marrying for money, almost prompting Laila to call it off until the attendees save the day by taking the proceedings to Al-Sayeda Zainab.
Cast[edit]
- Leila Mourad (Laila)
- Anwar Wagdi (Wahid)
- Suleiman Naguib (Mukhtar Pasha)
- Bishara Wakim (Darwish Pasha)
- Mary Mounib (Laila’s mother)
- Mokhtar Osman (Darwish Efendi)
- Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim (Samira)
- Zouzou Nabil (xxxx)
- Soraya Fakhry
- Shafik Noureddin
- Hassan Kamel
- Zaki Ibrahim
- Adel Adham
Musical score[edit]
The film’s credits list lyricists such as Ahmed Rami, Bayram al-Tunisi, Hussein Al-Sayed Al-Azab, and Mamoun el-Shenawy setting their words to melodies by composers Zakariyya Ahmad, Riad Al Sunbati, Mohamed El Qasabgi, Abdelhamid Abdelrahman, and Mohammed El-Bakkar. However, no specific song credits are included. An episode of the TV show أفيش يعيش (“Afish Live”) on the Egyptian Television Network’s Maspero Zaman channel tries to assign them.
| Title | Lyricist | Composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|
| المولد (“Born”) | Bayram al-Tunisi | Zakariyya Ahmad | Zakariyya Ahmad and Leila Mourad |
| اللي فقلبه حاجه يسألني (“The One Whose Heart Has a Question for Me”) | Hussein Al-Sayed Al-Azab | Riad Al Sunbati | Leila Mourad |
| ليلة جميلة (“Beautiful Night”) | Hussein Al-Sayed Al-Azab | Riad Al Sunbati | Leila Mourad |
| حتقولي إيه (“What Do You Say?”) | Hussein Al-Sayed Al-Azab | Riad Al Sunbati | Leila Mourad |
| زغروطة و سمعتها (“Ululation and Its Fame”) | Leila Mourad | ||
| يا جميله يا زينة حتتنا (“Oh, Beautiful Adulteress”) | Mohammed El-Bakkar | Mohammed El-Bakkar | |
| يا حارمني حنانك (“Oh, Spare Me Your Pity”) | Riad Al Sunbati | Leila Mourad | |
| مش ممكن أقدر اخاصمك (“I Can’t Fight You”) | Mohamed El Qasabgi | Leila Mourad | |
| إحنا الاتنين (“We Are Happy”) | Hussein Al-Sayed Al-Azab | Zakariyya Ahmad | Leila Mourad |
| عاش الملك (“Long Live the King”) | Ahmed Rami | Abdelhamid Abdelrahman | Chorus |
Marriage of Anwar Wagdi and Leila Mourad[edit]
Leila bint el fukara is considered a turning point in the history of Egyptian cinema in that its co-stars Anwar Wagdi and Leila Mourad fell in love and got married during filming. In fact the marriage was announced after the final wedding scene finished shooting. The marriage and partnership both lasted seven years, until near the end of Wagdi’s life.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ↑ El Gendy, Ahmed. "صناع السينما نجوم الزمن الجميل أنور وجدي.. الموهبة والعبقرية". Annahar (Kuwait). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ↑ "من كانت زوجة انور وجدي الثانية ؟". As-Samir. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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