Return of the absent
1947, Arabic. Directed by Ahmed Galal.
The boy runs away from his parents' home and his mother dies of grief over him. Time turns against them and their situation worsens, and their hope becomes that the absent son will return. A young man arrives at the house, impersonating the absent son, but as soon as he sees the kind father and the gentle sister, his heart overflows with repentance and love, and he devotes his life to serving them and making them happy. He becomes passionately in love with the girl who thinks he is her brother.
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- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 3 November 1947
- Original title
- عودة الغائب
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Ahmed Galal
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Return of the absent isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 November 1947. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Return of the absent?
Return of the absent (1947) was directed by Ahmed Galal and stars Mahmood Al-Meleji, Fouad Fahim, Mary Queeny.