There Is a Man In Our House (1961)

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

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)

Trailer

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