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The Black Market, is a 1945 Egyptian movie, directed by Kamel El Telmessani, and starring Zaki Rostom, Emad Hamdy, Abdel Fattah Al-Qosari. with a runtime of 100 minutes.
The Black Market is an Egyptian historical drama set in wartime Cairo during World War II. Hamid and Najwa are in love and planning a future together, but Najwa's father is drawn into the lucrative world of black market trading — hoarding scarce goods and profiting from the hardships of war. When Hamid stands up against this corruption, he earns the father's enmity, who retaliates by insisting Najwa marry Sied instead. The film weaves together romance, patriotism, and moral conflict against the turbulent backdrop of a city under wartime pressure, celebrating those who resist exploitation even at personal cost.
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