Kamil al-Tilmissani

The Black Market (1945)

A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamil al-Tilmissani
CAST:  Zaki Rostom  •  Aqeila Rateb  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Abdel Fattah ElQosari

A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamil al-Tilmissani
CAST:  Zaki Rostom  •  Aqeila Rateb  •  Emad Hamdy  •  Abdel Fattah ElQosari