The Impostor
1961, Arabic. Directed by Niazi Mostafa.
Two brothers, the first is a swindler who asks his brother, who looks like him, to replace him in his business after he is chased by his opponents, the two brothers, one of them is an evil man working in diamond smuggling, while the second is a respectable human being despite his extreme poverty, the evil brother succeeds in entering his brother to the mental hospital, but he decides to get him out of it in order to deceive some gangsters
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Niazi MostafaDirector
- Farid ShawqyYousry / Abbas
- Aida HilalLaila, Yousri’s wife
- Nagwa FouadSonia - the honorable dancer
- Stephan RostiMonsieur Jacques
- Mahmood Al-MelejiSharaf - leader of a diamond smuggling gang
- Hasan FayeqSi Muhammad
- Fouad ShafiqAbu Laila
- Abdel Ghani QamarShafiq Effendi - Director of Yousry Office
- Abdel Ghani El NagdiThe janitor
- Omar Afifiart critic
- Said KhalilSayed - The undercover officer within the gang
- Mary Bay Bayتفيدة شيكا بيكا - زوجة سى محمد
Details
- Released
- 22 May 1961
- Original title
- النصاب
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Farid Shawqy
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The Impostor runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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The Impostor isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 May 1961. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Impostor?
The Impostor (1961) was directed by Niazi Mostafa and stars Farid Shawqy, Aida Hilal, Nagwa Fouad.