My Father Deceived Me

My Father Deceived Me (aliases: My Father Tricked Me خدعني أبي, translit. Khadaini abi) is a 1951 Egyptian film written, directed by and starring Mahmoud Zulfikar. Primary cast includes Sabah and Taheyya Kariokka.

Plot
Kawthar is a girl who works in the telephone service, and is in love with Mamdouh, a poor young man. Mamdouh proposes to marry Kawthar, but her father refuses and sees that she must marry Shaaban, the rich man, and under her father's pressure, Kawthar marries Shaaban, and lives in his villa in which she resides with him and his daughter who has a mental illness. One of the misfits tries to kill Shaaban, but by chance Mamdouh saves him from fate, and Shaaban could not reward him except by entrusting him with managing the casino he owns, in a confrontation between Kawthar and the villa's maid, the maid declares to her that she is Shaaban's wife, and this is a secret between them, and she also told her that Shaaban, this rich man, is nothing but a forger of money. Others he controls so as not to reveal his secret, Kawthar manages to report Shaaban and brings the police to arrest him and his gang, but the maid rushes and kills Shaaban, and at the end Mamdouh marries Kawthar.

Crew

 * Directed by: Mahmoud Zulfikar
 * Story: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Aziza Amir
 * Screenplay: Mahmoud Zulfikar, Aziza Amir
 * Dialogue: Saleh Gawdat
 * Director of Photography: Mostafa Hassan
 * Editing: Albert Naguib
 * Production: Mahmoud Zulfikar films – Aziza Amir films
 * Distribution: Bahna films
 * Songwriting: Bayram al-Tunisi, Fathi Kora
 * Songs composed by: Farid Ghusn, Ahmed Sidqi, Youssef Saleh, Mohammed El-Bakkar

Primary cast

 * Mahmoud Zulfikar: (Mamdouh)
 * Sabah: (Kawthar)
 * Taheyya Kariokka: (the Dancer Taheyya)
 * Stephan Rosti: (Shaaban Bey - Kawthar's husband)
 * Zahret El-Ola: (Naima - daughter of Shaaban)
 * Nigma Ibrahim: (Fatima)
 * Mahmoud Shokoko: (Crusoe - Mamdouh's friend)
 * Mohammed El-Bakkar: (singer Bakkar)
 * Herimin: (show dancer)
 * Mohammed Sobeih: (waiter)
 * Abdul-Ghani El-Nagdi: (Seller of Robabikia)
 * Sanaa Samih: (Rajaa - Kawthar's aunt)
 * Mohsen Hassanein: (from the gang)
 * Abdel Moneim Bassiouni: (employee)
 * Abdulaziz Ahmed: (Kawthar's father)

Supporting cast

 * Selim Bastawy
 * Thoraya
 * Abdul Moneim Ismail
 * Muhammed Hassan Dawood
 * Kamel Othman Kanti
 * Inshirah El-Alfi
 * Nadia El-Sabaa