Between Heaven and Earth

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Between Heaven and Earth

1959

1h 34m

8.9(8 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.

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43 members

Acting

Hend Rostom

ناهد شكري

Acting

Abdalsalam Al-Nabulsy

Unknown Role

Acting

Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

المجنون

Acting

محمود المليجي

كامل

Acting

Abdel Moneim Madbouly

الحرامى

Acting

زيزي مصطفى

سنية

Acting

عبد الغني النجدي

الخادم عبده

Acting

Ahmed Loxer

مخرج

Acting

Mohsen Hassanein

شوقي

Acting

Nahed Samir

خديجة

Acting

Mahmoud Azmy

العشيق الخائن لصديقه

Acting

Qadria Qadry

الزوجة الخائنة

Acting

Amin Wahba

Unknown Role

Acting

Ya'qoub Mikhail

أبو سمير

Acting

Samia Roshdy

زكية

Acting

Nazim Sharawy

قائد الدفاع المدني

Acting

George Yordanis

كريستو

Acting

Ali Oraby

بواب العمارة

Acting

Bondok Hassan

مساعد ريجيسير

Acting

Mahmoud Mokhtar

وكيل العماره

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Khaled ElAgabany

ضابط شرطة النجدة

Acting

Ikram Ezzo

Unknown Role

Acting

Said Abou Bakr

Unknown Role

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Naima Wasfi

أم سمير

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Shafiq Nour ElDein

Unknown Role

Acting

Abdel Moneim Ismail

باشتمرجى مستشفى الأمراض العقلية

Acting

حسين إسماعيل

العسكري

Acting

Edmond Tuima

ضيف الخواجة اليونانى

Acting

Thuraya Fakhry

Unknown Role

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Omar Afifi

مدير الإنتاج

Acting

Kamel Anwar

ريجيسير

Acting

Sayed Al Kadi

عمر

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Ali ElMoaawen

من العصابة

Acting

Helali Muhammad

سائق التاكسي

Acting

Mohamed Soliman

Unknown Role

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Mohamed Nabih

Unknown Role

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Mimi Sedqi

العروس الصغيرة

Acting

Ali Roushdy

والد العروس

Acting

Gomaa Edriss

بواب

Acting

Mokhtar ElSayed

Unknown Role

Acting

Aawatif Tikla

Unknown Role

Acting

حسن الدويني

سالم

Acting

Kamel Anwar

Unknown Role

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