Qays wa Laila

Qays wa Laila
Directed byAhmed Diaa Eddine
StarringShoukry Sarhan
Magda al-Sabahi
Omar el-Hariri
Mahmoud El-Sabbaa
Mohamed Tawfik
Widad Hamdi
Mohammed Abaza
Rafeaa El Shal
Nagwa Fouad
Abbas Fares
Release date
  • January 18, 1960 (1960-01-18)
CountryEgypt

Qays wa Laila (Arabic: قيس وليلى, lit. “Qays and Laila”) is an Egyptian film released in 1960.

The film is the second film of the same name (a remake of the 1939 film of the same name) based on the story of Layla and Majnun. Majnun is the name rendered in most transliterations of the semi-legendary poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah. Like the film it remade, it features a screenplay co-written by El-Sayed Ziada. The only actor in common is Abbas Fares.