The Pickpocket (, transliterated as Sareq al-Ma’faza) is an Egyptian film released on February 2, 1970. The film is directed and written by Zoheir Bakir, features a screenplay by Yousry Hakim, and stars Rushdy Abaza, Soheir El-Morshidy, Mervat Amin, and Nabil Al-Hajrasi. Cast Rushdy Abaza (Tariq) Soheir El-Morshidy (Souad) Mervat Amin (Ehsan) Nabil Al-Hajrasi (Jamil)
Synopsis Tariq al-Fangari is a miserly man whose sisters suffer from his parsimony. When police shoot a pickpocket to death on a bus, the man’s wallet is swapped for that of Tariq and his siblings think that he is the deceased, leading him to ponder his life.
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