A Million Pounds

A Million Pounds
A Million Pounds
	مليون جنيه
Directed by	Hussein Fawzi
Written by	Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (dialogue); Hussein Fawzi (story and scenario);
Starring	Naima Akef; Shoukry Sarhan; Mahmoud el-Meliguy; Samira Ahmed; Mahmoud Shokoko; Zeinat Sedki; Zouzou Shakib; Abdel Fatah al-Kasri; Widad Hamdi; Aziza Helmy; Hassan el-Baroudi; Mounir el-Fangary-; Lotfi el-Hakim; Souad Ahmed;
Cinematography	Mahmoud Nasr
Release date	December 7, 1953;
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

A Million Pounds (Arabic: مليون جنيه, transliterated as Milyun junayh) is an Egyptian film released in 1953.

Synopsis

Construction workers find a treasure worth one million Egyptian pounds left by the late Zumrud Agha while renovating his house. Agha specified that the estate be divided by the heirs and left the next-of-kin as trustee in charge of determining whether the estate would be donated or inherited.

The heirs are discovered to be Mukhtar Abdul-Jabbar (Mahmoud al-Meliguy), a wealthy stock speculator; Marzouk Abu Sunna (Abdel Fatah al-Kasri, a fruit vendor; and Aisha Umm al-Khail (Zeinat Sedki), a compulsive horse racing gambler; Wafaa (Samira Ahmed, a flight attendant; and Bilbel Abu al-Fadl (nicknamed “Falafel” and played by Naima Akef), a homeless woman that was designated the next-of-kin.

Falafel and her friend “Prince” (Mahmoud Shokoko) live in poverty, but she initially refuses to go with inheritance fearing the heirs would squander the money. She relents when she learns that Wafaa wants to help her fiancé, engineer Fathi Hosni (Shoukry Sarhan), fulfill his dreams, in part due to Falafel's secret love of Fathi.

Falafel's relatives begin wasting the money as predicted, including even Wafaa, who leaves her fiancé after becoming rich. Therefore, Falafel decides to donate what remains.

Songs

Among the most notable songs in the score is "الشاب الأسمر" (“Brown Young Man”), originally sung by Najah Salam and covered by Naima Akef here.[1]

Songs in score
Title	Lyricist	Composer	Singer
“قول يا معين” (“Say You Mean It”)[2]	Abdel Fattah Mostafa	Ahmed Sedky	Mohamed Kandeil
“الموشح” (“Muwashshah”)[2]	Abdel Fattah Mostafa	Ahmed Sedky	Naima Akef
“الشاب الأسمر” (“Brown Young Man”)[3]	Youssef Saleh	Philemon Wehbe	Naima Akef
“مليون جنيه” (“A Millon Pounds”)[2][3]	Abdel Aziz Salam	Ezzat al-Jahili	Naima Akef
“يا دنيا رخصوك الناس” (“Oh People of the World, Who Gives You the Right”)[3]	Saleh Jawdat	Ahmed Sabra	Hosni Fahmy

External links

References

"الملكة رانيا: المجتمع بحاجة ماسة لعطاء كبار السن". Al-Ra'i (Jordanian newspaper). July 10, 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
"Film titles". YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
Kassem, Mahmoud (2006). موسوعة الأفلام الروائية في مصر والعالم العربي ("Arabic Movies Encyclopedia"), vol. 2. Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 539.

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[1] "الملكة رانيا: المجتمع بحاجة ماسة لعطاء كبار السن". Al-Ra'i (Jordanian newspaper). July 10, 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[ym-202-2] "Film titles". YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[km-200-3] Kassem, Mahmoud (2006). موسوعة الأفلام الروائية في مصر والعالم العربي ("Arabic Movies Encyclopedia"), vol. 2. Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization. p. 539.