# Featureless Men

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Featureless Men
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| native_name    = {{Infobox name module|ar|رجال بلا ملامح}}
| director       = [Mahmoud Zulfikar](/source/Mahmoud_Zulfikar)
| screenplay     = Mohamed Othman
| producer       = Naguib Khoury
| starring       = {{Plain list|
* [Salah Zulfikar](/source/Salah_Zulfikar)
* [Nadia Lutfi](/source/Nadia_Lutfi)
}}
| cinematography = Ali Khairallah
| editing        = Hussein Ahmed
| music          = 
| studio         = Naguib Khoury Films
| distributor    = Naguib Khoury Films
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1972}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes
| country        = Egypt
| language       = Egyptian Arabic
| budget         = 
}}
'''Featureless Men''' ({{langx|ar|رجال بلا ملامح}}, translit: ''Regal bila Malameh'' [aliases](/source/Pseudonym): Faceless Men)<ref>{{Cite book|last=قاسم|first=محمود|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbMAEAAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85+%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84+%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7+%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AD&pg=PA349|title=موسوعة الممثل في السينما العربية، الجزء الأول|date=3 October 2020|publisher=E-Kutub Ltd|isbn=978-1-78058-548-2|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=نبيل|first=راغب،|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwplAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85+%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84+%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7+%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AD|title=العناصر النمطية في السينما المصرية|date=2000|publisher=وزارة الثقافة، المركز القومي للسينما،|language=ar}}</ref> is a 1972 [Egyptian film](/source/Egyptian_film) directed by [Mahmoud Zulfikar](/source/Mahmoud_Zulfikar). It stars [Salah Zulfikar](/source/Salah_Zulfikar) and [Nadia Lutfi](/source/Nadia_Lutfi).<ref>{{Cite book |last=قاسم |first=محمود |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJh7DwAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85+%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84+%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7+%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AD&pg=PA1972 |title=الاقتباس " المصادر الأجنبية في السينما المصرية " |date=24 November 2018 |publisher=وكالة الصحافة العربية |language=ar}}</ref> The film was shot in 1970, released in theaters in 1972.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Armes|first=Roy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88sTRTl6yKwC&dq=%22featureless+men%22+film&pg=PA183|title=Dictionary of African Filmmakers|date=2008|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-35116-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Faceless Men (1972)|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/faceless-men/|language=en|access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref> It is Mahmoud Zulfikar's final film and was released posthumously.<ref>{{Cite book|last=قاسم|first=محمود|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKJ5DwAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85+%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84+%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7+%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AD&pg=PT50|title=جميلات السينما المصرية|date=2019|publisher=وكالة الصحافة العربية|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=الله|first=إبراهيم نصر|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IK0AAAAIAAJ&q=%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85+%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84+%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7+%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AD|title=هزائم المنتصرين السينما بين حرية الإبداع ومنطق السوق|date=2000|publisher=المؤسسة العربية للدراسات والنشر والتوزيع|language=ar}}</ref> The film was produced and distributed by Naguib Khoury Films.

== Synopsis ==
The events revolve around (Ahmed) who just finished his college in engineering. He gets to know the night girl, (Laila), and falls in love with her and tells his father that he'll marry her. But his father refuses as she's not at his social level and threatens him and events escalate.

== Main cast ==

* [Salah Zulfikar](/source/Salah_Zulfikar) as Ahmed Fouad
* [Nadia Lutfi](/source/Nadia_Lutfi) as Laila
* [Mahmoud el-Meliguy](/source/Mahmoud_el-Meliguy) as Ahmed's father, Fouad Omran
* [Aida Kamel](/source/Aida_Kamel) as Ferdoos
* Suhair Fakhri as Amina Kamel
* Seham Fathy as Tooha
* Badr Nofal as Hosni
* Toukhi Tawfik as Lamai
* Ezz El-Dine Islam as Shaker

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://elcinema.com/en/work/1001504 Featureless Men on elCinema]
*{{IMDb title|19370996}}

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Category:1970s Arabic-language films
Category:1972 films
Category:1972 romantic drama films
Category:Egyptian romantic drama films
Category:Films shot in Egypt
Category:1970s Egyptian films
Category:Arabic-language romantic drama films

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