A Date at the Tower

1962 Egyptian film

A Date at the Tower

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Egyptian Arabic| موعد فى البرج
Directed by| Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Written by| Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Mohammed Abu Youssef
Produced by| Salah Zulfikar
Starring|

* Salah Zulfikar
* Soad Hosny
* Fouad El-Mohandes

Cinematography| Masood Issa
Edited by| Hussein Ahmed
Abdel Aziz Fakhry

Production
company

Salah Zulfikar Films Company

Distributed by| Arab Company for Cinema

Release date

* 12 December 1962 (1962-12-12)

Running time

| 110 minutes
Country| Egypt
Language| Egyptian Arabic

A Date at the Tower (Egyptian Arabic: موعد فى البرج, translit. Maw’ed fi Elborg, aliases: Rendezvous in the Tower or Appointment in the Tower)[1][2] is a 1962 Egyptian film written and directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.[3] It stars Salah Zulfikar, Soad Hosny and Fouad el-Mohandes.[4][5][6][7][8]

## Synopsis

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Adel and Amaal meet while they return from a cruise, love binds them, they pledge to marry after six months and that the date will be at the Cairo Tower. They plan to seize Amaal's fiancé's money. Adel decides to look for an honorable job. He works in a small job in a hotel and becomes a deputy manager. At the same time, Amaal leaves her fiancé. She is dismissed from her job as a hostess because of her brother Alaa's crimes. Six months ends. The police storms Alaa's apartment, who gets killed in the end, Adel and Amaal meet in the Cairo Tower on time.

## Crew

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* Director: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
* Writer: Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Mohamed Abu Youssef
* Producer: Salah Zulfikar
* Cinematography: Masood Issa
* Production studio: Salah Zulfikar Films Company
* Distribution company: Arab Company for Cinema

## Cast

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### Primary cast

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* Salah Zulfikar as Adel Refaat
* Soad Hosny as Amaal
* Fouad el-Mohandes as Hassan
* Soraya Helmy as Ship passenger
* Zain El-Ashmawy as Alaa
* Samia Rushdi as Khadija Hanim
* Helmy Halim as Mamdouh
* Mahmoud Farag as Madbouly El-Eter
* Eileen Gaber as Moushira Hanim

### Supporting cast

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* Edmond Toima
* Ahmad Shawqi
* Zainab Sedky
* Zaki Ibrahim
* Salah Al-Masry
* Hassan Atleh
* Ahmed Shokry

## See also

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* Salah Zulfikar filmography
* Soad Hosny filmography
* List of Egyptian films of the 1960s

## References

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1. ^ Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (2020). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9.
2. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
3. ^ "Remembering Ezz Eldin Zulfikar: The romantic film pioneer - Film - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
4. ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
5. ^ Brière, Jean-François (1 January 2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
6. ^ "Rendez-vous dans la tour". Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
7. ^ قاسم, محمود (1 May 2018). المدينة والفيلم (in Arabic). وكاله الصحافة العربيه.
8. ^ قاسم, أ محمود (1999). دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين (in Arabic). مجموعة النيل العربية. ISBN 978-977-5919-02-1.

## External links

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* A Date at the Tower at IMDb
* Meeting at the Tower on elCinema

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