The Life of Darkness
1940, Arabic. Directed by Ahmad Badrakhan.
A middle-class family. The son gets a law degree and wants his son to be a lawyer, but the son wants to be a novelist. The son is surrounded by bad friends, so he is led by them into a life of debauchery and slips into the abyss, betrays trust, misappropriates his father's money, and steals his mother's jewelry to satisfy his mistress's demands, which leads to his mother's death.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Ahmad BadrakhanDirector
- Mimi Chakibزهيرة حلمى
- Mohsen Sarhanأحمد علوي
- Raoheya Khaledراوية
- Ferdous Mohamedخديجة - والدة أحمد
- Thuraya Helmyميمي
- Fouad Shafiqسليمان بك - عشيق زهيرة الغنى
- Mansi Fahmyعلي علوي - والد أحمد
- Anwar Wagdiمحمود الشيمي - صديق أحمد
- Abdel Fattah Al-Qosariالمعلم دسوقي - القهوجى
- Abdel Meguid Shukryالمحامى عبدالقادر الشرقاوي
- Yahya Najatiمدير مجلة العصر
- Mostafa El Gazzarالقاضي
Details
- Released
- 1 March 1940
- Original title
- حياة الظلام
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Ahmad Badrakhan, Mahmoud Kamal Hassan
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The Life of Darkness runs 94 minutes (1h 34m).
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The Life of Darkness isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 March 1940. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Life of Darkness?
The Life of Darkness (1940) was directed by Ahmad Badrakhan and stars Mimi Chakib, Mohsen Sarhan, Raoheya Khaled.