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Weddad
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Wikipedia article
'Weddad' (, lit. Song of Hope) is a 1936 Egyptian romantic musical film.
'Weddad', also transliterated as 'Wydad', is based on a romantic tale inspired by Omar Khayyam's One Thousand and One Nights. The biggest production of its time, it was the film debut of Um Kalthoum. The film's success turned Misr Studios into the top studio in Egypt.
The sports team Wydad AC in Casablanca, Morocco, is named after the film.
Synopsis
In the time of the Mamluk Sultanate, a rich trader named Baher has no choice but to sell his slave Wydad, who he's madly in love with, when he loses everything. But destiny will help them meet again.
Cast and crew
* Umm Kulthum
* Ahmed Allam
* Mokhtar Osman
* Mansi Fahmi
* Kouka
* Mahmoud el-Meliguy
* Yahya Nagati
* Fouad Fahim
* Fattouh Nashati
Songs
* (O Smell of Glory), lyrics by Sharif Al-Razi and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
* (Oh Bashir Al-Anas), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
* (O Night, Your Stars Are Witnesses), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
* (Salute the Spring), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Riad Al Sunbati
* (In the Country of the Beloved, sung by Abdo Al-Srouji), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Riad Al Sunbati
* (Why Was This Time a Holiday?), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi
* (Oh My, Your Father Is Safali), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi
* (O Bird, Captured Live), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi
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