The Intruder

At a glance

The Intruder, is a 1967 Egyptian movie, directed by Nour El Demerdash, and starring Laila Fawzy, Zizi El-Badrawy, Mahmoud El Meligy. with a runtime of 102 minutes.

Overview

Al-Dakhil is an Egyptian drama film that operates simultaneously as a thriller and a political allegory. A travelling peddler named Zaki arrives in a small town, feigns a fainting spell to secure the mayor's hospitality, and — once inside the household — brings along a woman named Fitna, who seduces the mayor's son while Zaki systematically acquires the town's properties through deception without paying a penny. Widely read as a symbolic portrayal of the Zionist occupation of Palestine, the film uses the story of an intruder who enters through guile and takes what is not his as a metaphor for colonial dispossession. Al-Dakhil Arabic film is a rare example of politically coded Egyptian cinema.

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