The Holy Man (1959 film)

The Holy Man (المبروك, transliterated Al-Mabrouk) is an Egyptian film released in 1959. The film is based on Molière's play Tartuffe.

Cast

 * Mariam Fakhr Eddine
 * Emad Hamdy
 * Mahmoud el-Meliguy
 * Alwiya Gamil
 * Omar el-Hariri
 * Samiha Ayoub
 * Mohammed Tawfik
 * Kadreya Kadry
 * Naima Wasfi
 * Awatef Ramadan
 * Zaki Ibrahim
 * Sameera Hussein
 * Abdelmoneim Bassiouni
 * Abbas el-Daly
 * Mohamed Shaaban
 * Neamat el-Meligy
 * Hussein Ismail
 * Abdul Hamid Badawi
 * Hamada Jalal
 * Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman
 * Sayed el-Araby
 * Samia Mohsen
 * Fifi Said
 * Ali Kamel
 * Dongel (Ajami Abdel Rahman)
 * Khairiya Khairy
 * Nadia Ezzat

Crew

 * Mahmoud el-Meliguy (producer)
 * Ali Kamel (production manager)
 * Silver Star Films (studio)
 * Syed Ghorab (production manager)
 * Abdulaziz Ali (production assistant)
 * Hassan Abduljalil (production assistant)
 * Saleh al-Awadi (production assistant)
 * Hussein Tawfik (production supervisor)
 * Andrea Zendels (sound engineer)
 * Artisat Sabbagh (dialogue recorder)
 * Ali Muhammad (voice mixer)
 * Syed Abdulrahman (voice mixer)
 * Hussein Afifi (editor)
 * Nahed Makkawi (negative)
 * Sayed Bassiouini (film synthesis)
 * Nadia Shoukry (music editor)
 * Maher Abdelnour (set design)
 * Hussein Sharif (props)
 * Dongel (Ajami Abdel Rahman) (props)
 * Ali Hassan (camera director)
 * Ali Khairallah (cameraman)
 * Mohamed Shaker (assistant cameraman)
 * Hassan Reda (director)
 * Mohamed Galal (assistant director)
 * Hussein Omar (script)
 * Mahmoud Samaha (makeup)
 * Ahmed Desouky (makeup assistant)
 * Al-Ahram Studios (printing and developing)
 * Toto Khoury (celluloid lab manager)
 * Mahmoud el-Meliguy (story writer)
 * Mohamed Othman (screenplay and dialogue writer)
 * Sobhi Basta (cinematographer)
 * Fouad el-Zahery (music)
 * Kamal Merhi (arranger)
 * Heliopolis Films (distributor)

Synopsis
The titular holy man cons people into believing in his alleged powers. Asked to treat a woman named Zainab, he researches her family to burnish his credibility. When confronted about the scam, he becomes increasingly evasive.