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Shams El Zanaty

Shams El Zanaty

19916.42h 10m

Overview

During World War II, a tribal chief travels to Cairo to buy weapons. He asks for Shams Al Zanati's help to protect his oasis from Marshal Bar'i.

Directed by Samir Seif
Written by Magdy Hedaya
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Top Cast

Adel Emam

Adel Emam

Shams El-Zanati

Mahmoud Hemida

Mahmoud Hemida

Marshal Borei

Sawsan Badr

Sawsan Badr

Henna

Mahmoud El Gendy

Mahmoud El Gendy

Salamat Al-Tafshan

Mustafa Metwalli

Mustafa Metwalli

Sayed Sperto

Ahmed Maher

Ahmed Maher

Abdo Qarnas

Ibrahim Nasr

Ibrahim Nasr

Geady

A

Abdullah Mahmoud

Awad El-klaf

Ali Abdel Raheem

Ali Abdel Raheem

Sambo

Rushdy ElMahdy

Rushdy ElMahdy

Shiek Etman

About Shams El Zanaty

Shams El Zanaty is a adventure, action, war film released in 1991. Directed by Samir Seif, it stars Adel Emam, Mahmoud Hemida, Sawsan Badr. During World War II, a tribal chief travels to Cairo to buy weapons. He asks for Shams Al Zanati's help to protect his oasis from Marshal Bar'i.

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