The Leech

A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.

Country:

Egypt

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

120 minutes

Year:

1956

Director:

Salah Abu Seif

Cast:

Salwa

Shafaat

Imam Beltaji

Um Hasbo

Al-Sharnoubi Ismail

Crew:

Director of Photography

Director

Producer

Producer

Writer