The Champion

Story

Synopsis

On the eve of the 1919 revolution in Egypt, the friendship between Houda al-Najjar, who likes boxing, Petro, who likes to sing, and the good worker of the printing press, believes in revolution. Fatima, the sister of Houda, is in love with Hussain, and they marry. The revolution takes place, and Houda dreams of shaking hands with its leader, Saad Zaghloul, and dreams of participating in the 1924 Olympics as a boxer. Hasan is imprisoned for his involvement in resisting the British occupation, and Huda is married to a neighbor of Hanifa. Hassan was killed by the Israeli occupation forces and Houda was able to participate in the Olympics

Director

Magdy Ahmed Aly

Writers

Medhat El Adl, Sameh Al-Agamy, Baleegh Hamdy

Language

Arabic

Country

Egypt

Release date

7 April 1997

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ahmed Zaki

  Mahmoud (Houda Kalawi)

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  Mostafa Qmar

  Pietro Ghattas

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  Mohamed Henedi

  Hassan Halim

• 

  Magda El Khatib

  Umm Houda

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  Hassan Hosny

  Uncle Ghattas

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  Abeer Sabry

  Hanifa Abdel Badie

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  Ghada Abdel Razek

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  Fathy Abdel Wahab

  Nour

• 

  Caroline Khalil

  Yasmine Muhammad Shafiq Ali

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  Mohammad Lotfi

  circus player

• 

  Ahmed Al Fishawy

  Alex - Yasmine's friend

• Mohamed Al-Adl

  Thug