Underplayed Gems

There Is a Man In Our House (1961)

There Is a Man In Our House poster
Original title
في بيتنا رجل
Directed by
Henry Barakat
Genre
drama film
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2h 39m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man hiding from the police takes shelter with a family. His presence changes their lives and stirs up hidden feelings.

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What happens

There Is a Man in Our House, or A Man in Our House (Egyptian Arabic: فى بيتنا رجل Fi Baytena Ragul), is a 1961 Egyptian drama, history, romance film directed by Henry Barakat. It is based on a novel of the same name by Egyptian writer Ihsan Abdel Quddous. The film stars Omar Sharif and Zubaida Tharwat. There Is a Man in Our House is listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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