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The Wife of an Important Man
Drama
80%
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Jan 11, 1988
Rating Unavailable
When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
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Directors
Mohamed Khan
Vote Average
8.0
Vote Count
25
Popularity
2
Language
العربية
Origin Country
EG
Cast
Ahmed Zaki
Hisham Abu Al-Wafa
Mervat Amin
Mona Ismail
Hassan Hosny
Minister of Interior Assistant, General Yousri
Zizi Mostafa
Samiha - neighbor
Abdel Ghani Naser
Mahmoud Bey - Member of the People’s Assembly
Khairy Beshara
Safwat
Nahed Samir
Saadia - Hisham's aunt
Nazim Sharawy
Director of State Security Investigations
Ali ElGandour
Ismail - Mona's father
Othman Abdel Monem
Director of Minya Security
Mohamed Dardeery
Writer Magdy Ezz Al-Arab
Ahmed Mokhtar
Major Fawzi
Hafez Amin
Bishara
Gehan Nasr
Mona / Teenager
Thuraya Ezz ElDein
General Yousri’s wife
Tarek Mandour
Hisham's driver
Alia Ali
Nimaat - Mona's mother
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