Karnak (1975)

7.0/10 • 140 min • Drama

Overview

In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.

Cast

Soad Hosny

Nour El-Sherif

Ismail El Sheikh

Kamal Al-Shenawy

Farid Shawqy

Shwikar

Salah Zulfikar

Emad Hamdy

Author Taha El Gharib

Mohamed Sobhi

Tahiya Cariocca

Zeinab's Mother

Ali Al Sharif

Fayez Halawa

Waheid Seif

Farouq Youssef

Naima ElSoghier

Ismail's Mother

Younes Shalaby

Mohammed Tawfik

Hamada Abdel Gawad

Hassan Hosny

Mustafa Metwalli

Ahmad Bedir

Abdelaziz Makhyoun

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