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Dark Waters

- Struggle in the Pier

Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love, Hamedah. But there's trouble on the harbor, and with an old friend.

Release Date : 1956-01-16

Language :Arabic

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gabriel Talhami Film

Production Country : Egypt

Alternative Titles : Struggle on the PierObscure WatersStruggle in the PierStruggle at the PortBattle at the PortDark WatersStruggle in the HarborStruggle in the Harbour

Cast

Faten Hamama

Character Name : Hamedah

Original Name : Faten Hamama

Gender : Female

Omar Sharif

Character Name : Ragab

Original Name : Omar Sharif

Gender : Male

Ahmed Ramzy

Character Name : Mamdouh

Original Name : Ahmed Ramzy

Gender : Male

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Character Name : Ezzat

Original Name : Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Gender : Male

Hussein Reyaad

Character Name : Mamdouh's Father

Original Name : Hussein Reyaad

Gender : Male

Ferdoos Mohamed

Character Name : Ragab's Mother

Original Name : Ferdoos Mohamed

Gender : Female

Aziza Helmy

Character Name : Mamdouh's Mother

Original Name : Aziza Helmy

Gender : Female

Reyaad ElQasabgy

Character Name : Burai

Original Name : Reyaad ElQasabgy

Gender : Male

Mohamed Sobeih

Character Name : Menam

Original Name : Mohamed Sobeih

Gender : Male

Motawie Eweiss

Character Name :

Original Name : Motawie Eweiss

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-27

There is something about watching Omar Sharif in this - a bit like Sophia Loren and Ingrid Bergman he seems to actually radiate; and the camera loves it... That is just as well, really, because this is not particularly great piece of cinema. "Ragab" has been working at sea for three years before he returns to Egypt and to his bride-to-be Faten Hamamah ("Hamedah") who, in his absence, has had to make a living as best she can, living with his mother, near the harbour. He returns to great uncertainty about jobs and to a friendship between his fiancée and the son of the local bigwig "Mamdouh" (Ahmed Ramzy) that he suspects is far more! Though there is love between them - there is certainly an on-screen chemistry - "Ragab" is a rather a hot-tempered man and it isn't long before his suspicions manifest themselves in a much more physical fashion. The love-triangle story is pretty old-hat, but I have to say that although the fisticuffs are very much the stuff of a school play; the treatment of "Hamedah" as a glorified chattel made me wonder why she didn't just tell him to get lost early on... The version I saw was well enough subtitled, and the story moves along quickly enough but in the end I just didn't much care for any of the characters; they contrived a situation that made a violent resolution the only real possibility and by that time I felt that they all just about deserved each other.