The Holy Man (1959)

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 35m

How it feels

A religious hypocrite tricks a wealthy family by pretending to be deeply pious. Their gullible patriarch falls for the act, but others see through the deception and try to expose the fraud.

comedicsatiricallightheartedtheatricalwittyclassicmoralistic

What happens

The Holy Man (Arabic: المبروك, transliterated Al-Mabrouk) is an Egyptian film released in 1959. The film is based on Molière's play Tartuffe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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