The Black Market

Name: The Black Market
Genre: Drama
Released: 1945-01-02
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.667
Cast: Zaki Rostom, Emad Hamdy, Abdel Fattah Al-Qosari, Aqeila Rateb, Mohamed Kamal ElMasry

السوق السوداء

6.7 (3)1945-01-021h 40m

Drama

Overview

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.