Sons of Aristocrats

Sons of Aristocrats is a 1932 Egyptian film directed by Mohammed Karim. It stars Youssef Wahbi and Amina Rizk.^{[1][2][3] [4]} It is the first Egyptian sound film.^[5][6] The film was produced by Youssef Wahbi for Ramses Film and was released on April 12, 1932 by General Film Distributors.

Sons of Aristocrats
Film poster
Directed by	Mohammed Karim
Written by	Mohammed Karim Youssef Wahbi
Produced by	Youssef Wahbi
Starring	Youssef Wahbi Amina Rizk
Cinematography	Gaston Madri
Production company	Ramses Film
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	13 April 1932 (1932-04-13) (Egypt)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

Plot

Hamdi Bey abandoned himself to his lust and fell in love with a French girl, leaving his wife behind him. He was surprised by that girl cheating on him with her lover, so he shot her and was sentenced to prison. After the expiration of his prison term, he decided to return to Egypt again. Hamdi Bey met his inevitable fate, committing suicide under the wheels of a train.

Cast

• Youssef Wahbi
• Amina Rizk
• Rawheya Khaled
• Sirag Munir
• Anwar Wagdi
• Hassan El Baroudi
• Mansi Fahmi
• Hassan Fayek
• Badia Masabni
• Dawlat Abyad
• Colette D'Arville
• Aziza Shawqi

See also

• Egyptian cinema
• List of Egyptian films of 1932

References

1. Elsaket, Ifdal; Biltereyst, Daniel; Meers, Philippe (2023-01-26). Cinema in the Arab World: New Histories, New Approaches. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-16372-0.
2. Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
3. Barham, Jeremy (2023-12-22). The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-429-99701-3.
4. Armes, Roy (2008-07-11). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
5. Hammad, Hanan (2022-05-10). Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-2978-3.
6. Elsaket, Ifdal (May 2019). "Sound and Desire: Race, Gender, and Insult in Egypt's First Talkie". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 51 (2): 203–232. doi:10.1017/S0020743819000023. ISSN 0020-7438. S2CID 167006726.

External links

• Sons of Aristocrats at IMDb