The Song of the Heart (1932 film)

The Song of the Heart
Arabic	أنشودة الفؤاد
Directed by	Mario Volpe Stephan Rosti
Written by	Khalil Mutran Edmond Nahas Stephan Rosti Lazar
Starring	Nadra Amin George Abyad
Cinematography	Tullio Chiarini
Music by	Naguib El Nahhas
Production company	Edmund Nahhas Films
Release dates	13 April 1932 (1932-04-13)(Cairo, Alexandria)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

The Song of the Heart is a 1932 Egyptian film directed by Mario Volpe and Stephan Rosti and written by Khalil Mutran, Edmond Nahas, and Rosti. It was the second Egyptian sound film, released the same year as the first Egyptian sound film, Sons of Aristocrats . ^[1] It was also the first Middle Eastern musical film.

The Song of the Heart was the first film to open in Cairo and Alexandria at the same time. ^[2]

Synopsis

The film revolves around a wealthy man who falls in love with a foreign dancer. Another man who works for the wealthy man also falls in love with this dancer, which leads to his wife's suspicions. She complains to her brother, who argues with his sister's husband. This argument results in the wife's brother being shot, the husband fleeing, and the wife's death after giving birth to a daughter.

Cast

• Nadra Amin as Nadra
• George Abyad as Ibrahim
• Zakariyya Ahmad as Omar
• Edmond Tuema as Prosecutor
• Abdel Rahman Roshdy as Hosny
• Mohamed Abdallah as Ahmed
• Ali Ahmed as Amin Pasha
• Lian Darfil as Merai
• Nadia as Laila
• Moursi Abdellatif as Lazar
• Daisy Palma as Laila's nanny

Songs

Nadra Amin performing a song by Zakariyya Ahmad in The Song of the Heart

All songs performed by Nadra: ^[3]

• Song of the Heart
• Oh Sea of ​​the Nile
• Oh Precious

See also

• Egyptian cinema
• List of Egyptian films of 1932

References

1. Hammad, Hanan (10 May 2022). Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt. Stanford University Press. ISBN   978-1-5036-2978-3.
2. Barham, Jeremy (31 January 2024). The Routledge Companion to Global Film Music in the Early Sound Era. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-0-429-99701-3.
3. فيلم - أنشودة الفؤاد - 1932 مشاهدة اونلاين، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-08-31– via elcinema.com.

External links

• The Song of the Heart at IMDb