The Sparrow (1972 film)

Al Asfour  (العصفور, "The Sparrow") is a 1972 film directed by Youssef Chahine,  with Ali Badrakhan as second director.

Synopsis
June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich.

Cast

 * Salah Kabil as Yussif Fath el-Bab
 * Ali El Scherif as Rawf
 * Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ryad
 * Seif El Dine as Ismail
 * Mariem Fakhr El Dine as Fatma
 * Habiba
 * Mohsena Tewfik as Bahiya
 * Sid Ali Kouiret