The Open Door

Name: The Open Door
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1963
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.4

1963 · 115 min

Drama · Romance

★ 6.4

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Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.

Crew

Director Henry Barakat
Screenplay Henry Barakat
Screenplay Yussef Issa
Director of Photography Wahid Farid

Cast

Faten Hamama
Laila Sliman
Saleh Selim
Hussein Amer
Hasan Youssef
Essam
Shwikar
Gamila
Mahmoud Moursy
Dr. Fouad
Nahed Samir
Layla's mother
Mimi Chakib
Layla's aunt
Khadija Mahmoud
Hassan Hosny
Aleya Abdel Moneim
Hussain Ismael
Seham Fathy
Sanaa

Crew

Director — Henry Barakat
Screenplay — Henry Barakat
Screenplay — Yussef Issa
Director of Photography — Wahid Farid

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