The Black Market (1945)
- Original title
- السوق السوداء
- Directed by
- Kamel El-Telmissany
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Egypt
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a Cairo alley during World War II, a young man named Hamed is in love with Nagia and plans to marry her. A local shopkeeper persuades Nagia's father to join the black market, and Hamed opposes them along with the barber, who wants to inform the police. When the father agrees to marry Nagia to the shopkeeper, she refuses, and events spiral into conflict and violence involving a secret warehouse.
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What happens
السوق السوداء فيلم مصري من إنتاج عام 1945. في حارة من حارات القاهرة القديمة أثناء الحرب العالمية الثانية 1943 يتبادل حامد الحب مع نجية ويستعدان للزواج .. سيد البقال يقنع أبو محمود والد نجية بالتجارة في السوق السوداء فيتصدى حامد لهما مع الأسطى هاشم الحلاق الذي يرى ضرورة إبلاغ الشرطة. يوافق أبو محمود على زواج نجيه من سيد وترفض نجية..... يحتفل الجميع بزواج حسن (عبيط الحارة) الذي عرف بالصدفة مكان المخازن السرية لتجار السوق السوداء .. سيد يقتل حسن ويهرب ويدخل أهل الحارة معركة مع إبلاغ سيد وأبو محمود ويقتحمون المخازن. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Sons of Adam (1945)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.