The Monster (1954 film)

The Monster
Directed by	Salah Abu Seif
Written by	Salah Abu Seif El Sayed Bedeir Naguib Mahfouz
Starring	Mahmoud El-Meliguy
Cinematography	Abdelhalim Nasr
Release date	1954 (1954)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

The Monster (Arabic: الوحش, romanized: Ell Wahsh) is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside.^[2]

Plot summary

Cast

• Anwar Wagdi
• Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ell Wahsh
• Samia Gamal
• Abbas Fares

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: The Monster". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
2. Sadoul, Georges (1972). Dictionary of Films. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 411. ISBN 9780520021525.

External links

• The Monster at IMDb