Appointment at the Tower
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Egyptian Arabicموعد فى البرج
Directed byEzz El-Dine Zulficar
Written byEzz El-Dine Zulficar
Mohammed Abu Youssef
Produced bySalah Zulfikar
Starring
CinematographyMasood Issa
Edited byHussein Ahmed
Abdel Aziz Fakhry
Production
company
Distributed byArab Company for Cinema
Release date
  • 12 December 1962 (1962-12-12)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Appointment at the Tower (Egyptian Arabic: موعد فى البرج, translit. Maw’ed fi Elborg aliases: Rendezvous in the Tower or A Date in the Tower )[1][2] is a 1962 Egyptian film written and directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.[3] It stars Salah Zulfikar, Soad Hosny and Fouad el-Mohandes.[4][5][6][7][8]

Synopsis

Adel and Amaal meet while they return from a cruise, love binds them, they pledge to marry after six months and that the date will be at the Cairo Tower. They plan to seize Amaal's fiancé's money. Adel decides to look for an honorable job. He works in a small job in a hotel and becomes a deputy manager. At the same time, Amaal leaves her fiancé. She is dismissed from her job as a hostess because of her brother Alaa's crimes. Six months ends. The police storms Alaa's apartment, who gets killed in the end, Adel and Amaal meet in the Cairo Tower on time.

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References

  1. ^ Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (2020). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9.
  2. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  3. ^ "Remembering Ezz Eldin Zulfikar: The romantic film pioneer - Film - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ Brière, Jean-François (1 January 2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
  6. ^ "Rendez-vous dans la tour". Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
  7. ^ قاسم, محمود (1 May 2018). المدينة والفيلم (in Arabic). وكاله الصحافة العربيه.
  8. ^ قاسم, أ محمود (1999). دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين (in Arabic). مجموعة النيل العربية. ISBN 978-977-5919-02-1.

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