The Sparrow

(1972)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 7 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1972

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Egypt, Algeria

Director: Youssef Chahine

Cast: سيف عبد الرحمن, Habiba, صلاح قابيل, Mohsena Tawfiq, علي الشريف, Salah Mansour, محمود المليجي, Hamdy Ahmed, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Ragaa Hussein

Plot

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.