What if the 'bravest man alive' was just legally blind and catastrophically wrong?
A cowardly, weak-eyed man loses his glasses in the street and suddenly a lion appears in front of him and is believed to be a sheep. He decides to imprison it in a butcher shop to discover that he is imprisoned a lion.
Acting
Shwikar's comedic timing is absolutely lethal
Practical Effects
Real lion on set, real terror, real 1960s insanity
Writing
Brilliant farce structure escalating beautifully
Director
Hasan El-Saifi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tawfiq Al-Deqen reportedly insisted on minimal safety measures for the lion scenes, claiming 'fear reads better on camera.'
This film exemplifies the 'Fatin Abdel Wahab school' of Egyptian comedy — class-conscious farces where social climbers accidentally become heroes.
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