That's What Love Is

That's What Love Is (Egyptian Arabic: الحب كده translit.: Al-Houbb Kidah) is a 1961 romantic comedy starring Salah Zulfikar and Sabah and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar.[1][2]

For the songs, see That's What Love Is (Miki Howard song) and That's What Love Is (Justin Bieber song).
That's What Love Is
Theatrical release poster
الحب كده
Directed byMahmoud Zulfikar
Written byBadie' Khayri
Screenplay byMohamed Abu Youssef
Produced byAbbas Hilmi
StarringSalah Zulfikar
Sabah
CinematographyWadeed Serry
Edited byFekry Rostom
Music byFarid El Atrash
Mohamed El Mougy
Production
company
El Ittihad Films
Distributed byAl Sharq Films
Release date
1961 (1961)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Plot

Nadia, a newly divorced girl, loves the attractive youngman; Hazem, who is chasing after her because of her wealth. They secretly meet and she claims to her family that she is meeting her cousin Hamdi, who runs a car repair shop. From time to time she passes by Hamdi, who loves her without her even realizing it. At the same time, his friend Ezzat loves Hazem's girlfriend. Nadia goes to Hazem's house to visit his mother, Hamdi watches her and confronts her, and she apologizes for what happened to her. Nadia's parents decide to marry their daughter to Ihsan, a wealthy man who she cannot stand, and she also does not want to fail in any upcoming marriage. Marriage is haunted by Ihsan, and they go through situations that push them to get closer, and in the end, she falls in love with Hamdi and the fictitious marriage turns into a real one.

Primary cast
  • Salah Zulfikar: (Hamdi)
  • Sabah: (Nadia)
  • Laila Taher: (Salwa)
  • Abdel Moneim Ibrahim: (Izzat Gadallah)
  • Youssef Fakhr Eddine: (Hazem)
  • Mimi Chakib: (Nadia's mother)
  • Adly Kasseb: (Ramadan - Nadia's father)
  • Mohamed El-Deeb: (Ehsan)
  • Athar Sharif: (Nadia’s friend
  • Fatma Al Gammal: (Hazem’s friend)
  • Ikram: (Nadia’s friend)
  • Yasmin: (Nadia’s friend)
  • Mimi Gamal: (Hazem’s friend)
  • Hussein Ismail: (Sheikh Ali)
  • Mukhtar Al Sayed
  • Awatef Yousry
  • Gamil Ezz El Din
  • Issam Abdo

References
  1. Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-4250-6.
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