Film
The Champion
1997Directed by Magdy Ahmed Aly
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h
About The Champion
- Drama
Synopsis
On the eve of the 1919 revolution in Egypt, the friendship between Houda al-Najjar, who likes boxing, Petro, who likes to sing, and the good worker of the printing press, believes in revolution. Fatima, the sister of Houda, is in love with Hussain, and they marry. The revolution takes place, and Houda dreams of shaking hands with its leader, Saad Zaghloul, and dreams of participating in the 1924 Olympics as a boxer. Hasan is imprisoned for his involvement in resisting the British occupation, and Huda is married to a neighbor of Hanifa. Hassan was killed by the Israeli occupation forces and Houda was able to participate in the Olympics
- Director
- Magdy Ahmed Aly
- Writers
- Baleegh Hamdy
- Sameh Al-Agamy
- Bayram Al Tunisi
- Medhat El Adl
- Original title
- البطل
