A Citizen Under Investigation

A Citizen Under Investigation is the great Egyptian director Henry Barakat's last film, and a damning indictment of Egypt's ruling military dictatorship.

Cast

Farouq Al Fishawy

as Tawfiq Abdul Rahman

Ashraf Abdel Baky

as Ahmad

Mahmoud El Gendy

as Journalist Hamdi

Sohier Ramzy

as Nadia Othman

Hassan Hosny

as Murad Mansour

Mariam Fakhr Eddine

as Khairiya Othman

Khalil Morsi

as Detective

Ezzat ElMashad

Ahmed Abu Abiya

as Antar

Hamdy Morsi

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