The Monster (1954)

Original title

الوحش

Directed by

Salah Abu Seif

Genre

drama, action, thriller

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A crime thriller set in the Egyptian countryside. It follows police investigating a case while facing abuse and corruption. The film uses a documentary style to show rural life.

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What happens

The Monster (Arabic: الوحش, romanized: Ell Wahsh) is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social documentary thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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