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The Peacock (1982 film)

The Peacock[1] (Egyptian Arabic: الطاووس translit: Al-Tawous) is an Egyptian crime thriller film released in 1982.[2][3][4] It stars Nour El-Sherif, Salah Zulfikar, Laila Taher and Raghda. The film is directed by Kamal El Sheikh and written by Abdelhay Adib.[5][6][7]

The Peacock

الطاووس

Abdelhay Adib

Ramses Marzouk

Hassan Helmy

Nahed Farid Shawqi Films

  • 1982 (1982)

115 minutes

Plot[edit]

Hussein in a forensic psychologist who was two sister nieces; Nadia and Samiha. Nadia is married to Hamdi and they live with Samiha, Hamdi is secretly in love with his wife's sister but he can't do anything about it, until one day he murder his wife and try to win her sister’s heart but her uncle Hussein knows about the crime of Hamdi and he tries with the help of the police to make him fall into their trap.[8][9][10]

as Hamdi

Nour El-Sherif

as Hussein

Salah Zulfikar

as Nadia

Laila Taher

as Samiha

Raghda

Salah Rashwan as Nabil

Adel Hashem as the investigator

Muhammad Safwat as Police officer

Fadia Okasha as Enayat

Diaa Al-Mirghani as The pickpocket

Youssef Al-Assal as Receptionist

Ikhlas Hosni

Bassem Sedky

Fouad Atallah

Mustafa Al-Mahdi

Nassif Abul-Enein

Hassan Totala

Samia Samy

Reception[edit]

The film was a box-office and critical success. Main cast actor Salah Zulfikar won the Ministry of Culture award in best actor role.[11][12]

Salah Zulfikar filmography

List of Egyptian films of 1982

at IMDb

The Peacock

The Peacock on elCinema