The Black Market

The Black Market

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1945

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama

User Score

55%

Original Title

السوق السوداء

Production Companies

Studio Misr

Director

Kamil al-Tilmissani

Description

A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics. They call in the national athorities and the black marketeers are brought to justice.