The Barred Road (1958)

8.5/10 115 min Drama Romance

Overview

Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try to drag her in with them but she refuses. She studies to become a school teacher and decides to move to the countryside away from them, but she finds other temptations that try to lure her in.

Cast

Faten Hamama

Fayza (teacher) - فايزة راشد

Ahmed Mazhar

Mounir (writer) - الكاتب /منير حلمى

Shoukry Sarhan

Ahmed

Zouzou Mady

Mother of Fayza - توحيدة رضوان (ام فايزة)

Ferdoos Mohamed

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Awad - عوض الصيدلي

Khayria Ahmed

Fayza's sister - خديجة (اخت فايزة الكبيرة)

Wedad Hamdy

Saadiya - سعدية مدرسة

Naima Wasfi

مديرة المعهد

Reyaad ElQasabgy

Abdel-Maksoud - عبدالمقصود من الاعيان

Malak Elgamal

Hosnia - حسنية المدرسة الشاذة

Adly Kasseb

ابو الولد محمد المنتحر

Ehsan Sherif

ناظرة المدرسة

Lotfi El Hakim

عبدالله بيه رضوان (خال البنات)

Abdel Hamid Zaki

إسماعيل

Aleya Fawzy

Abdel Azim Kamel

Hussain Ismael

Motawie Eweiss

Kamel Anwar

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