The Champion
1997, Arabic. Directed by Magdy Ahmed Aly.
On the eve of the 1919 revolution in Egypt, the friendship between Houda al-Najjar, who likes boxing, Petro, who likes to sing, and the good worker of the printing press, believes in revolution. Fatima, the sister of Houda, is in love with Hussain, and they marry. The revolution takes place, and Houda dreams of shaking hands with its leader, Saad Zaghloul, and dreams of participating in the 1924 Olympics as a boxer. Hasan is imprisoned for his involvement in resisting the British occupation, and Huda is married to a neighbor of Hanifa. Hassan was killed by the Israeli occupation forces and Houda was able to participate in the Olympics
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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Cast & crew
- Magdy Ahmed AlyDirector
- Ahmed ZakiMahmoud (Houda Kalawi)
- Mostafa QmarPietro Ghattas
- Mohamed HenediHassan Halim
- Magda El KhatibUmm Houda
- Hasan HosnyUncle Ghattas
- Abeer SabryHanifa Abdel Badie
- Ghada Abdel RazekCast
- Fathy Abdel WahabNour
- Caroline KhalilYasmine Muhammad Shafiq Ali
- Mohammad Lotficircus player
- Ahmed Al FishawyAlex - Yasmine's friend
- Mohamed Al-AdlThug
Details
- Released
- 7 April 1997
- Original title
- البطل
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Medhat El Adl
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The Champion runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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The Champion isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 April 1997. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Champion?
The Champion (1997) was directed by Magdy Ahmed Aly and stars Ahmed Zaki, Mostafa Qmar, Mohamed Henedi.