Weddad

Weddad (Arabic: وداد, lit. “Song of Hope”) is a 1936 Egyptian romantic musical film.

Weddad
Directed byFritz Kramp, Gamal Madkoor
Screenplay byAhmed Rami
Ahmed Badrakhan
Produced byStudio Misr
Talaat Harb
StarringUmm Kulthum
Ahmed Allam
CinematographySammi Bill
Edited byNiyazi Moustafa
Music byMohamed El Qasabgi
Zakariyya Ahmad
Riad Al Sunbati
Docteur Bardi
Distributed byStudio Misr
Release date
1936
Running time
100
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Weddad, also transliterated as Wydad, is based on a romantic tale inspired by Omar Khayyam's One Thousand and One Nights. The biggest production of its time, it was the film debut of Um Kalthoum.[1][2][3] The film's success turned Misr Studios into the top studio in Egypt.

The sports team Wydad AC in Casablanca, Morocco, is named after the film.[4][5]

Synopsis

In the time of the Mamluk Sultanate, a rich trader named Baher has no choice but to sell his slave Wydad, who he's madly in love with, when he loses everything. But destiny will help them meet again.

Cast and crew

Songs
  • “أيها الرائح المجد” (“O Smell of Glory”), lyrics by Sharif Al-Razi and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
  • “يا بشير الأنس” (“Oh Bashir Al-Anas”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
  • “يا ليل نجومك شهود” (“O Night, Your Stars Are Witnesses”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
  • “حيّوا الربيع” (“Salute the Spring”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Riad Al Sunbati
  • “على بلد المحبوب” (“In the Country of the Beloved”, sung by Abdo Al-Srouji), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Riad Al Sunbati
  • “ليه يا زمان كان هوايا” (“Why Was This Time a Holiday?”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi
  • “يا للي ودادك صفالي” (“Oh My, Your Father Is Safali”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi
  • “يا طير يا عايش أسير” (“O Bird, Captured Live”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi

References
  1. "وداد (1936)". Douban. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. "Wedad (1936)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. "Ведад (1936)". Kinopoisk. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. "ما الدور الذي لعبته أم كلثوم في تسمية نادي الوداد البيضاوي المغربي؟". CNN. November 4, 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  5. Soltan, Mohamed (November 1, 2017). "Umm Kalthoum is reason how Wydad initially got its name". Egypt Today. Retrieved 2 July 2021.


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