A Citizen Under Investigation (1993)
A Citizen Under Investigation is the great Egyptian director Henry Barakat's last film, and a damning indictment of Egypt's ruling military dictatorship.
Top billed cast
Farouq Al FishawyTawfiq Abdul Rahman
Ashraf Abdel BakyAhmad
Mahmoud El GendyJournalist Hamdi
Sohier RamzyNadia Othman
Hassan HosnyMurad Mansour
Mariam Fakhr EddineKhairiya Othman
Khalil MorsiDetective
Ezzat ElMashad
Ahmed Abu AbiyaAntar
Hamdy Morsi
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