Underplayed Gems

Deprived Lover (1954)

Deprived Lover poster
Directed by
El-Sayed Ziada
Country
Egypt
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy man tries to drown his son to stop him from inheriting. Years later the son works to break a will that makes his mother and him lose the inheritance if they marry.

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What happens

Deprived Lover (Arabic: العاشق المحروم, transliterated as El-asheeq el-mashroom) is an Egyptian musical comedy drama film released on May 16, 1954. The film is directed and co-written by El-Sayed Ziada, features a screenplay co-written with Ali El Zorkani, and stars Mohsen Sarhan, Amina Rizk, Kamal el-Shennawi, and Ismail Yassine. The rich protagonist fails to drown his son but is ultimately repaid successfully for his sin by his own son to break a will forbidding the son and his mother from inheriting unless they stay unmarried. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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