The Open Door (1963)

6.4/10 115 min Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Faten Hamama

Laila Sliman

Saleh Selim

Hussein Amer

Hassan 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

Sherine

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