The Shame

A family inherits their father's drug business which leads to their undoing.

Cast

Nour El-Sherif

as كمال

Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

as د. عادل

Hussein Fahmy

as شكري - رئيس النيابة

Noura

as روقة

Amina Rizk

as أصيلة أم الأولاد

Elham Shahein

as ليلى

Abdelbadie El Araby

as الحاج عبدالتواب

Salah Nazmi

as فؤاد بك - التاجر الكبير

Mohamed Abu Hashish

as تاجر مخدرات بالنيابة

Tariq Al Dussoki

as مجدي

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