Appointment with Life

Appointment with Life
Theatrical release poster
Arabic	موعد مع الحياة
Directed by	Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Written by	Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Screenplay by	Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Produced by	Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Starring	Faten Hamama Shukry Sarhan Shadia
Cinematography	Wahid Farid
Release date	1953 (1953)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

Appointment with Life (Arabic: موعد مع الحياة, Maw`ed Ma` al-Hayat) is a 1953 Egyptian drama film directed, written and produced by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. The film stars Faten Hamama, Shoukry Sarhan and Shadia.

Plot

(Faten Hamama) plays Amal, the only daughter of a famous doctor, who lives with Fatimah (Shadia). Fatimah has a crush on Mamdouh, Amal's father, and Amal is in love with Ahmed (Shoukry Sarhan), an engineer. Amal's father learns of a deadly disease that his daughter has, and decides to hide the truth from her. The doctors have told him that she has only about six months to live, if she can not be cured. Amal finds out and her father faces her with the truth. He requests a talented foreign specialist, who was actually able to cure her disease. She, after recovering, marries her longtime love, Ahmed.

Primary cast

• Faten Hamama
• Shukry Sarhan
• Shadia
• Hussein Riad
• Omar El-Hareery

References

• "Film summary" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official site. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
• "Film summary" (in Arabic). Arabic Movies. Archived from the original on September 16, 2004. Retrieved 2007-01-25.