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The Water-Carrier Is Dead

The Water-Carrier Is Dead

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Drama
📜 Overview: The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her. The other, who works in the funeral business, spends his life in the pursuit of pleasure because he recognizes that death will bring an end to all enjoyment. They meet and become friends. Through this friendship the water carrier is encouraged to change his morbid way of thinking and to enjoy life.
🌏 Languages Available: Arabic
📆 Date Released: 1977-11-20
⌚ Running Time: 103 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.9

Beloved Cast

Farid Shawqy original image
Shehata Effendi
Farid Shawqy
Ezzat Al Alaily original image
Shusha Al-Sakka
Ezzat Al Alaily
Shwikar original image
Aziza Nofal
Shwikar
Amina Rizk original image
Umm Amna
Amina Rizk
Tahiya Cariocca original image
Zamzam
Tahiya Cariocca
Nahed Jabr original image
Amna
Nahed Jabr
Sherif Salah El Din original image
Sayed
Sherif Salah El Din
Hassan Hussein original image
Sheikh Sayed
Hassan Hussein
Ibrahim Qadry original image
Ibrahim Qadry
Mohamed Farid original image
Gad
Mohamed Farid
Naeem Essa original image
Naeem Essa
Nahid Jabr original image
Nahid Jabr
Balqis Shariaa original image
Balqis Shariaa
Balqis Shariaa original image
Balqis Shariaa

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