The Sparrow (1972 film)
Al Asfour  (, "The Sparrow") is a 1972 film directed by Youssef Chahine, with Ali Badrakhan as second director. Synopsis 
June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich. Cast 

 Salah Kabil as Yussif Fath el-Bab
 Ali El Scherif as Rawf
 Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ryad
 Seif El Dine as Ismail
 Mariem Fakhr El Dine as Fatma
 Habiba
 Mohsena Tewfik as Bahiya
 Sid Ali Kouiret

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1972 films
Algerian drama films
Egyptian drama films
Films directed by Youssef Chahine