Cairo 30

{{short description|1966 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Cairo 30 | image = | caption = | director = Salah Abu Seif | producer = Gamal El Leithy | screenplay = Salah Abu Seif<br>Naguib Mahfouz | based_on = {{Based on|''Modern Cairo''|Naguib Mahfouz}} | starring = {{Plain list| * Soad Hosny * Ahmed Mazhar }} | music = Fouad El Zahry | cinematography = Wahid Farid | editing = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1966|10|31}} | runtime = 130 minutes | country = Egypt | language = Arabic }} '''''Cairo 30''''' ({{langx|ar|القاهرة 30}}, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif,<ref name="zenithfoundation">{{cite web |url=http://www.zenithfoundation.com/issue-1/retrospective-on-film-the-golden-age-of-egyptian-cinema-the-1940s-to-1960s/ |title=Retrospective on Film: The Golden Age of Egyptian Cinema – the 1940s to 1960s |accessdate=10 November 2011 |work=zenithfoundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128015304/http://www.zenithfoundation.com/issue-1/retrospective-on-film-the-golden-age-of-egyptian-cinema-the-1940s-to-1960s/ |archive-date=28 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and based on Naguib Mahfouz's 1945 novel ''Modern Cairo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madamasr.com/en/2014/12/13/feature/culture/egypts-cinematic-gems-cairo-30/ |title=Egypt's cinematic gems: Cairo 30 |work=Mada Masr}}</ref> The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref>

==Cast== * Soad Hosny as Ihsan * Ahmed Mazhar as The minister * Hamdy Ahmed as Mahgoub Abdel Dayem * Abdelmonem Ibrahim as Ahmed Bedier * Tawfik El Deken as Shahata Tourky * Abdelaziz Mikewy as Ali Taha * Aqeila Rateb as The minister's wife * Ahmed Tawfik as Salem El Ekshidy * Bahiga Hafez as Ikram hanem

==Synopsis== The film takes place in the 1930s, when a young man named Mahjoub Abdeldayem (Hamdy Ahmed) comes from Upper Egypt to the slums of Cairo and gets to know a native of his village (Salem al-Ikhshidi) who offers a job lead. The job is to marry Ihsan (Soad Hosny), mistress of Qasim Bey (Ahmed Mazhar, on condition that Qasim visits her once a week.

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0264344|Cairo 30}}

{{Salah Abu Seif}} {{Naguib Mahfouz}} {{Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cairo 30}} Category:1966 films Category:1966 black-and-white films Category:1966 drama films Category:Egyptian drama films Category:1960s Arabic-language films Category:Films directed by Salah Abu Seif Category:Films based on works by Naguib Mahfouz Category:1960s Egyptian films Category:Egyptian black-and-white films