The Beginning and the End

The Beginning and the End — Plot

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.

• Release date
• October 31, 1960
• Runtime
• 130 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Salah Abu Seif

The Beginning and the End — Cast

Omar Sharif Hassanein Sanaa Gamil Nefisah Farid Shawqy Hassan Kamal Hussein Hussein Amina Rizk The Mother Salah Mansour The Grocer's Son Amaal Farid Bahiya Abdel Khaleq Saleh