Laila | |
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Directed by | Stephan Rosti |
Written by | Wedad Orfi Stephan Rosti |
Produced by | Aziza Amir |
Starring | Aziza Amir Stephan Rosti Assia Dagher |
Cinematography | Hassan El-Helbawi |
Edited by | Aziza Amir |
Production company | Isis Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Laila is a 1927 Egyptian silent film directed by Stephan Rosti. [1] [2] [3] It stars Aziza Amir, Stephan Rosti and Assia Dagher. [4] [5] [6] It is the first feature-length Egyptian film. [7] [8] [9] [10]
In the middle of a barren desert, Laila grows up in a quiet oasis overlooked by the ruins of ancient Memphis. It is the village where the rich businessmen Raouf Bey lives, he meets Laila and admires her, and tries to please her, but she is in love with Ahmed, who previously saved her from falling into the clutches of Salem when he tried to assault her. Ahmed gets engaged to Laila, after which he meets a Brazilian female tourist staying in a hotel near the village. The girl succeeds in making Ahmed fall in love with her and takes him from Laila, whose is pregnant from Ahmed. The village people discover Laila's pregnancy and expel her. While Laila is walking helplessly, she is hit by a car. She discovers that its driver is Raouf Bey, who carries her to his house to give birth and she dies while giving birth to her child.
In production stage, the film was scheduled to be produced under the name The Call of God, and as a result of filming being stopped due to producer Aziza Amir being dissatisfied with the scenes filmed by Wedad Arfi, then filming was completed by Stephan Rosti, and its name was changed to Laila. The film was developed and printed at the film producer's home, which was turned into a studio on El-Bargas Street in the Garden City neighborhood. The external scenes were filmed between the Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, and the streets of Cairo. [11]
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