• Genre: Music
• Movie Type: Biography, Vocal Music
• Themes: Musician's Life
• Director: Michal Goldman
• Main Cast: Omar Sharif, Umm Kulthum
• Release Year: 1996
• Country: US/EG
• Run Time: 67 minutes

Plot

This documentary offers a fascinating account of the life of one Egypt's most beloved superstars, the singer Umm Kulthum. In her prime, Kulthum was the first singing star to have her work distributed on radio, television, records and films. When she died in 1975, her whole country went into mourning. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Omar Sharif - Narrator; Umm Kulthum; Mona Zakaria

Credit

Kamal Abdal-Aziz - Cinematographer; Gasser Gabr - Sound/Sound Designer; Michal Goldman - Director; Michal Goldman - Editor; Michal Goldman - Producer; Michal Goldman - Screenwriter; Barbara Gullahorn Holecek - Co-producer; Tamar Kupiek - Associate Producer