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
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
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.
grittyatmospherictensegroundedbleakdocumentary-likecerebral
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)
More like this
Life or Death (1954)
Al-Malak al-Zalem (1954)
فالح ومحتاس (1954)
I Have Been Made a Murderer (1954)
The Adventures of Ismail Yassine (1954)
Injustice Is Forbidden (1954)
30 March
Sira` Fi al-Wadi (1954)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.