The Landlord
Set in the 1980s, a landlord promises people to give each and every one of them an apartment if they help with the construction work. When the building is all set up, though, it turns out that he is a fraud.
Set in the 1980s, a landlord promises people to give each and every one of them an apartment if they help with the construction work. When the building is all set up, though, it turns out that he is a fraud.
Fouad Al-Mohandes
Younes Shalaby
Tahiya Cariocca
Hamdy Ahmed
Souad Nasr
Kamal Hussein
Youssef Daoud
Yehia Chahine
Inam Salusah
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