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Between Heaven and Earth
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Title: Between Heaven and Earth

Release Date: 9 Nov 1959

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Dinar Film, Dollar Film

Production Companies: Dinar Film, Dollar Film

Overview: In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 8.7 (7 votes)

Cast

  • ناهد شكري: Hind Rostom
  • : Abdelsalam El Nabolsi
  • المجنون: Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
  • كامل: Mahmoud El Meligy
  • الحرامى: Abdel Moneim Madbouly
  • سنية: Zizi Mostafa
  • الخادم عبده: Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
  • مخرج: Ahmed Loxer
  • شوقي: Mohsen Hassanein
  • خديجة: Nahed Samir
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