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El Sett Umm Kulthum

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El Sett Umm Kulthum

El Sett Umm Kulthum

direction Marwan Hamed

Egypt, Saudi Arabia 2025 Fiction Cor 155 min.

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The story of Umm Kulthum, from a childhood spent singing in rural Egypt disguised as a boy, to her battle for acceptance in Cairo, her heartbreaks and sacrifices, and her transformation into the Arab World’s most iconic voice — culminating in her historic 1967 Olympia concert. Presented at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

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direction

Marwan Hamed

screenplay

Ahmed Mourad

cinematography

Abdelsalam Moussa

editing

Ahmed Hafez

sound design

Wayne Pashley

music

Hesham Nazih

production design

Mohamed Attia

cast

Mona Zaki, Sayed Ragab, Karim Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Farag, Ahmed Khaled Saleh, Ahmed Amin

production

Ahmed Badawy, Tamer Morsy

co-production

Mohamed Hefzy, Marwan Hamed

produced by

Film Square Productions, Synergy Films, Film Clinic, Luxor Studios

world sales

MAD World

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