The Death Ward
1989, Arabic. Directed by Ashraf Fahmy.
Tawfiq imports spoiled food for children which causes thousands of children to fall ill. Despite the efforts of the journalist Nabila to expose him, he is able to escape abroad, so the officer in charge, Fouad, decides to take the law into his own hands.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Ashraf FahmyDirector
- Nour El-SherifColonel Fouad
- Yehia El FakharanyTawfiq Sharbatly
- Afaf ShoiebNabila
- Hassan AbdeenAbdul Hamid
- Aaidah RiyadhTahiya
- Hassan Husseinprison warden
- Hamdy YoussefDr. Bahaa
- Sabri Abdel AzizJalal - Editor-in-Chief
- Kamal HusseinMajor General Hussein Nafi
- Hamdy El SakhawyKarl
- Raafat RajiJournalist
- Abdel Hamid AnisHisham - Investigation Officer
Details
- Released
- 23 January 1989
- Original title
- عنبر الموت
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Mostafa Moharram, Yousef Idris
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Box office
- $8.8M
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The Death Ward runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Which OTT platform is The Death Ward on?
The Death Ward isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 January 1989. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Death Ward?
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Who directed The Death Ward?
The Death Ward (1989) was directed by Ashraf Fahmy and stars Nour El-Sherif, Yehia El Fakharany, Afaf Shoieb.