Cairo-Baghdad

Cairo-Baghdad — Plot

One of the earliest Iraqi films, the plot revolves around a young Iraqi man working as a writer who flees to Cairo after being accused of murdering his uncle. He stays with a friend and gets to know his friend's daughter, eventually falling in love with her. He requests to marry her, and his friend agrees to his proposal. The young man continues to write to newspapers using his friend's name. However, when the murderer of his uncle is apprehended, a young man from Iraq informs him about the developments in the case.

• Release date
• April 21, 1947
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Director
• Ahmad Badrakhan

Cairo-Baghdad — Cast

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Haqqi Al Chibli Madiha Yousri Ibrahim Jalal Bishara Wakim Thuraya Fakhry Afifa Iskandar Abdel Aziz Khalil Ahmed Darwish