The Following Statement Came To Us
Jun 12 2001
•2h 6m
•Comedy, Drama
Nader saif eldeen and Afet elsherbiny are two competing Egyptians newspaper reporters who expose the truth but the Channel Manager rejects that for fear of government.
Cast
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Mohamed Henedi
Nader Saif al-Din
Hanan Turk
Effat al-Sherbini
Lotfy Labib
Fakhri Kamil
Nehal Anbar
Kamilia
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