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Yasmine
Yasmine is the daughter of a wealthy man who was not interested in females, so he left her at the door of an orphanage. She grows up in the orphanage, then runs away from it to join a gang of children. She meets a musician who tries to protect her, so he convinces her to work with him and sing, but she gets tired of the life of poverty and runs away from him. After her escape, he discovers that she is the granddaughter of a Pasha, so he tries to help her return to her family.
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Yasmine is the daughter of a wealthy man who was not interested in females, so he left her at the door of an orphanage. She grows up in the orphanage, then runs away from it to join a gang of children. She meets a musician who tries to protect her, so he convinces her to work with him and sing, but she gets tired of the life of poverty and runs away from him. After her escape, he discovers that she is the granddaughter of a Pasha, so he tries to help her return to her family.
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Genre:Drama, Music, Comedy
Written By:Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Anwar Wagdi
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Runtime:122 minutes
Studio:الأفلام المتحدة (أنور وجدي وشركاه)
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