Karnak

1975

2h 20m

7.0(8 votes)

Drama

Overview

In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.

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42 members

Acting

Soad Hosny

Zeinab

Acting

نور الشريف

Ismail El Sheikh

Acting

Kamal Al-Shenawy

Khaled Safwan

Acting

فريد شوقي

Diab

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شويكار

Oronfella

Acting

صلاح ذو الفقار

Shoukry

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Emad Hamdy

Author Taha El Gharib

Acting

محمد صبحي

Helmy

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Tahiya Cariocca

Zeinab's Mother

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علي الشريف

Hesballah

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Fayez Halawa

Detective

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Waheid Seif

Unknown Role

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Farouq Youssef

El-Sisi

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Naima ElSoghier

Ismail's Mother

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Younes Shalaby

Mohsen

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Mohammed Tawfik

Hamada Abdel Gawad

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Hassan Hosny

Waiter

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Mustafa Metwalli

Detainee

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أحمد بدير

Detainee

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عبدالعزيز مخيون

Detainee

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Adly Kasseb

Taha's Friend

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Mohamed Sobeih

Unknown Role

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Ali Oraby

Unknown Role

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Mohamed Abu Hasheesh

Unknown Role

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إبراهيم قدري

Shoe shiner

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Mona Qattan

Doctor

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Adel Al Mehelmi

Investigator

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Osama Abbas

Unknown Role

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Mohamed Shawqi

Unknown Role

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Ali ElGandour

Taha's Friend

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Ahmed Nabil

Unknown Role

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Abdel Moneim Basyouni

Unknown Role

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Essam Mostafa

Unknown Role

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Ezzat Abdel Gawad

Unknown Role

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Abdel Moneim Abdel Rahman

Unknown Role

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Ali ElMoaawen

Unknown Role

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Hassan Mousa

Unknown Role

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Tawfiq Al Kurdi

Unknown Role

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Tarik Al-Nahry

Unknown Role

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Abdel Moneim ElNemr

Unknown Role

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Motawie Eweiss

Unknown Role

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Ahmed Abdel Wareth

Unknown Role

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