Summary A poor peasant woman becomes a symbol of worker oppression in this somber social drama directed by Henri Barakat. Azziza (Faten Hamama) is brutally raped by a guard when she goes into the fields to gather potatoes for her husband (Abdallah Gheiss). She does not relate the incident to her husband who is suffering from an undisclosed illness. Azziza hides the pregnancy and strangles the baby after it is born, but she also dies soon thereafter. The migrant workers rally around her memory as she becomes a martyr to the cause of the struggling peasants. View more details
Directed : Henry Barakat
Written : Youssef Idriss Saad Eldin Wahba
Stars : Abdallah Gheith Zaki Rostom Faten Hamamah Hassan el Baroudi
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 30, 1970
Countries of origin : Egypt
Language : Arabic
Production companies : Egyptian General Company for International Film Production
Summary A poor peasant woman becomes a symbol of worker oppression in this somber social drama directed by Henri Barakat. Azziza (Faten Hamama) is brutally raped by a guard when she goes into the fields to gather potatoes for her husband (Abdallah Gheiss). She does not relate the incident to her husband who is suffering from an undisclosed illness. Azziza hides the pregnancy and strangles the baby after it is born, but she also dies soon thereafter. The migrant workers rally around her memory as she becomes a martyr to the cause of the struggling peasants. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 30, 1970
Countries of origin : Egypt
Language : Arabic
Production companies : Egyptian General Company for International Film Production
