
The Body
1955, Arabic. Directed by Hassan Al-Imam.
A weak father and an authoritarian mother teaches her young daughter to dance, and dreams of being rich by her daughter after working in a nightclub. She was identified by the wealthy (Amin), the manager of her father's company, Shehata Effendi, and became his mistress. From the company, when the people of the neighborhood saw him went to her mother and stabbed her intended to kill her, but she survived death, and became blind, and entered the prison. The daughter identified the lawyer (Hussein) and loved him, and severed her relationship with (Amin), and on the day of her marriage discovered that he was the son of (Amin), and returned to dance and play and alcohol until she got asthma, and then hit a car, broke her foot, sustained permanent disability, and lost her savings, She returned to the neighborhood with her blind mother, and her father came out of the prison and reunion, and then Han (Hussein), he came to marry her, but the fate was closer to him.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 25 July 1955
- Original title
- الجسد
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Hassan Al-Imam, ElSayed Bedir
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The Body isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 July 1955. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Body?
The Body (1955) was directed by Hassan Al-Imam and stars Hind Rostom, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Hussein Reyaad.