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Driven from Paradise

Driven from Paradise

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Driven from Paradise

1965

1h 40m

7.0(3 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Fantasy

Overview

The dervish Alish dies and is taken in a majestic procession to the cemetery. When he ascends to heaven to be judged, he discovers that the sum of his virtues equals the sum of his sins, so he's sent back to the living in order to test him and decide whether he should enter heaven or hell.

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Farid Shawqy

Farid Shawqy

(الشيح عليش / إبراهيم

Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed

أمينة

Mohammed Tawfik

Mohammed Tawfik

السجين أبو سوسن

Nagwa Fouad

Nagwa Fouad

سنية - مالكة الكبارية

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Aziza Helmy

Aziza Helmy

أم أمينة

Poussi

Poussi

سوسن

Ragaa Youssef

Ragaa Youssef

راقصة المولد

Abdel Hafeez ElTatawy

Abdel Hafeez ElTatawy

أحمد أفندي - المدرس

Abbas El Daly

Abbas El Daly

ريفي

Creative team

Directed by: Fatin Abdel Wahab
Written by: Tawfiq Al-Hakim
Mohamed Abu Youssef
Produced by: Mohamed Ragae

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