Cairo 30 (, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif, and based on Naguib Mahfouz's 1945 novel Modern Cairo. 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.
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 1930’s, 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.
See also
List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film