The Tale of a Girl Named Marmar
1972, Arabic. Directed by Henry Barakat.
As Marmar enrolls in the Faculty of Girls, she moves from Beni Suef to Cairo to live with her aunt's family. As her cousin Ahmed falls for her, his father finds them together in her room and insists that Marmar must return home. Marmar's family decides to wed her to the businessman Gadallah.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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Cast & crew
- Henry BarakatDirector
- Soheir El MorshedyMarmar
- Salah MansourMahmoud Gadallah
- Mahmood YaseenAhmed
- Aleya Abdel MoneimAhmed's mother
- Salama EliasSalem/ Marmar's father
- HayatemBelly Dancer
- Malak el-GamalMarmar's mother
- Mahmoud RashadFeryal's father
- Mohamed KhairyAdel
- Sayed Abdel KarimMaaty
- Alia AliCast
- Azza FouadYoung Marmar
Details
- Released
- 4 September 1972
- Original title
- حكاية بنت اسمها مرمر
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Henry Barakat
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The Tale of a Girl Named Marmar runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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The Tale of a Girl Named Marmar isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 September 1972. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Tale of a Girl Named Marmar?
The Tale of a Girl Named Marmar (1972) was directed by Henry Barakat and stars Soheir El Morshedy, Salah Mansour, Mahmood Yaseen.