The Egg and the Stone (1990)
El-Baidhah wa el-Hagar
98 min
A philosophy teacher finds himself and his ethics surrounded by a corrupt society, and as he's mistaken for an exorcist and fortune-teller. He uses logic and psychological tricks to practice wizardry, until he masters it and controls people, meanwhile losing his ethics.
- Release date
- April 26, 1990
- Country of origin
- Egypt
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Cast
- Ahmed Zaki as Mustata el-Tuzi
- Maali Zayed as Launderer Qamar
- Fouad Khalil as Tarutah
- Mamdouh Wafi as Tawali Gunaih
- Hanem Mohamed as Mother of impotent cafe worker
- Abdel Ghany Naser as Saleh Fayyadh
- Mahmoud El-Sabbaa as Spakh El-Tibi
- Ahmed Tawfik as Jasser Sahwan
- Ahmed Abo Abeya as Headmaster
- Hanan Shawki
- Metawee Eweiss as drug dealer
- Sayed Allam as officer
- Mohamed Abu Hashish as Sedik
- Abdullah Mishref as Parking attendant Kaudah
- Nagwa Fouad as Naznaz Hanem
- Sayed Sadek
- Naima Al Soghayar as Tarutah's mother
Crew
- Ali Abdel-Khalek · Director
- Mahmoud Abu Zeid · Writer