The Leech
The Leech

The Leech

January 09, 1956 | 120 min

A rural mother sells her only cow in order to enroll her son, an imam (Shukri Sarhan) at Dar al-Uloom College. When an imam arrives in Cairo, he rents a room in the Citadel area from a domineering woman named Shafa'at (Tahiya Karioka) who is fascinated by his youth and vitality and lures him into practicing vice with her. As a result, he stumbles in his studies and health. At this time, a girl whom she and her father knew from a young age helps him to get rid of all the corruption in which he lives, and her father advises him to stay away from intercessions, but the intercessions plots against him in an attempt to stay with her.

Genres

Drama Music

Cast

Naomi Scott

Shadia

Naomi Scott

Tahiya Cariocca

Naomi Scott

Shoukry Sarhan

Naomi Scott

Abdel Warith Assir

Naomi Scott

Serag Mounir

Naomi Scott

Ferdoos Mohamed

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