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Salah Abu Seif
Salah Abu Seif (صلاح أبو سيف; 1915 – 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. Many of the 41 films he directed, many of which were based on novels by Naguib Mahfouz, are considered Egyptian classics.
Known as the Godfather of Egyptian neorealism, Abu Seif pioneered shooting on location - though he also used sets - in places none of his predecessors had dared to visit, like ghurza (the equivalent of old Chinese opium dens), brothels and impoverished areas whose existence had never been officially acknowledged.
As director
Mr. K
Citizen Masrey
The Beginning
Al-Qadisiyya
The Criminal
The Water-Carrier Is Dead
Caught in a Honey Trap
The Liar
The Malatily Bathhouse
Dawn of Islam
A Bit of Torment
Three Women
Case 68
The Second Wife
Cairo 30
No Time for Love
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Sun Will Never Set
The Beginning and the End
The Girls in Summer
Agony of Love
Between Heaven and Earth
I Am Free
The Barred Road
A criminal on leave
This is Love
Sleepless
The Thug
The Empty Pillow
The Leech
