There Is a Man in Our House, or A Man in Our House (Arabic: في بيتِنا رَجِل 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, and stars Omar Sharif and Zubaida Tharwat. There Is a Man in Our House is one of the Top 100 Egyptian films.
| There is a Man in Our House | |
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| في بيتِنا رَجِل | |
| Directed by | Henry Barakat |
| Written by | Ihsan Abdel Quddous(novel), Yussef Issa (adaptation) |
| Starring | Omar Sharif Zubaida Tharwat Rushdy Abaza Zahrat El-Ola Hussein Riad Hassan Youssef |
| Edited by | Fathy Kassem |
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Running time | 159 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
Plot
editIbrahim is a young radical leader who lost his brother during a student demonstration that turned out to be very violent when the police decided to get involved and started to shoot anyone in their way. Unfortunately, Ibrahim's brother, a young smart boy, was shot to death in front of Ibrahim. When Ibrahim sees this, he plans to murder the prime minister as revenge, and he succeeds. After murdering the Prime Minister, Ibrahim seeks to hide in his friend's house, as he had no other choice whatsoever because the authorities were pursuing him. His presence in the house endangered the whole family because none of them had any criminal record nor any political activities. They were a simple middle-class family trying to stay away from such problems. Although his friend's parents were very peaceful and wanted to stay away from problems, they couldn not resist helping Ibrahim. When Ibrahim entered the house and explained to his friend's family what had happened, they accepted to hide him in their house till a solution could be found. The film then wanders through much hand wringing because both men blame themselves for jeopardizing the companion's parents, sisters, and a detested cousin. A sentiment between Ibrahim and the younger sister turns into a noteworthy sub-plot. As days pass by Ibrahim falls in love with her and decides to stay in Egypt instead of running away to Europe. This caused them a lot of problems for two reasons: The first one is that they were both from Muslim families and thus it was not easy for them to show their love openly. Second, Ibrahim was conflicted between love and militancy. Eventually, he chooses to be among the resistance fighters and ends by blowing up an ammunition cache and himself in the process.
Cast
edit- Omar Sharif as Ibrahim
- Zubaida Tharwat as Nawal
- Rushdy Abaza as Abd El-Hamid
- Zahret El-Ola as Samia
- Hussein Riad as Zahir
- Hassan Youssef as Mohey
- Yousuf Shaaban as Fahmi
Production
editThere Is a Man in Our House is based on a novel of the same name by Ihsan Abdel Quddous,[1][2] adapted by Yussef Issa.[citation needed]
The film was directed by Henry Barakat, and falls into the genres of historical drama and romance.[3][4] It starred Omar Sharif, who was not then famous in the West.[5] Editing was by Fathy Kassem.[citation needed]
It was filmed in the Nassibian Studio in Cairo.[6]
Release
editA Man in Our House was released in 1961.[7]
References
edit- ^ Man In Our House, A (Fi Baitina Rajul) Retrieved on 20 July 2016.
- ^ Peter Schepelern (2010). Filmleksikon (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 778–. ISBN 978-87-02-04523-9.
- ^ Fi Baitina Rajul at Manchester School of Arts, Language and Culture 's film catalogue. Retrieved on 20 July 2016.
- ^ Egypt’s revolutions on film at bfi.org.uk Retrieved on 20 July 2016.
- ^ Nonie Darwish (16 November 2006). Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-1-101-21785-6.
Sharif starred in great classic Egyptian movies, such as Fi Baitina Rajul. But he later skyrocketed to international fame when he won roles in Lawrence of Arabia and then Doctor Zhivago.
- ^ Hafez, Ahmed Abdel (18 July 2012). "A trip down memory lane". Egypt Independent. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ There is a Man in our House at IMDb