The Piper (1985 film)

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1985 Egyptian film

The Piper

الزمار
Directed by| Atef El Tayeb
Written by|

* Tennessee Williams (story based on Orpheus Descending)
* Rafīq Ṣabbān (screenplay and dialogue)

Starring|

* Nour El-Sherif
* Poussi
* Mohsena Tawfik
* Salah el-Saadani
* Tawfik el-Deken

Music by| Baligh Hamdi

Production
company

Rania Films

Release date

* January 1, 1985 (1985-01-01)

Running time

| 120 minutes
Country| Egypt
Language| Arabic

The Piper (Arabic: الزمار, transliterated as El-Zamar) is an Egyptian film released on January 1, 1985. The film is directed by Atef El Tayeb, features a screenplay written by Rafīq Ṣabbān based on the play Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams, and stars Nour El-Sherif, Poussi, Salah el-Saadani, Mohsena Tawfik, Tawfik el-Deken and Naima al-Soghayar. Most of the film was shot in a village in Asyut Governorate in Upper Egypt.[1]

## Cast

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* Nour El-Sherif (Zammar Hassan)
* Poussi (Dawlat)
* Salah el-Saadani (Abdullah)
* Mohsena Tawfik (Maryam)
* Tawfik el-Deken (Jaber)
* Naima al-Soghayar (Nabawiya)
* Ahmad Badir (Allam Bey)
* Nahed Samir (Inayat)

## Synopsis

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Zammar Hassan is a hunted young man. After the engineering student put on a play with his fellow students that did not please the authorities, he is on the run from village to village in Upper Egypt. Ultimately, his search for safety and stability takes him to the village of Al-Arraba, where he works in a grocery store.

## References

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1. ^ Hassan, Hatem Said (July 28, 2020). "في ذكرى وفاته.. الفيلم الوحيد الذي كتب له السيناريو عبدالرحيم منصور". El Watan News. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

## External links

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* El Cinema page
* IMDb page