Feb 24, 1944
130 min
Full-HD

Layla in the dark (1944)

Hussein and Laila are children who pledge to love. Circumstances separate them and they meet after they grow up and their feelings are renewed, but Laila is exposed to an accident that loses her sight, so she decides to sacrifice her love so that Hussein can avoid life with a co-wife.

Category

Drama Music

Country

Egypt

Companies

Egyptian Film Company (Togo Mizrahi)

Leila Mourad

ليلى

Hussein Sedki

حسين

Anwar Wagdi

سمير

Amina Rizk

ام ليلى

Hassan Fayek

طباخ

Mahmoud El Meligy

طبيب العيون

Thuraya Fakhry

الدادة

Samiha Tawfiq

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