After the film was shown, the Egyptian People’s Assembly received many letters from Egyptians working abroad, calling for taking a position on the movie “The Sinners” because it offends them in the country.
Which they work with, because of what it carries of exposing the deviations of Egyptian society and the corruption of many of its segments.. The Council referred these letters to the Minister of Information and Culture at that time, “Dr. Gamal Al-Atifi” to take the necessary action. He decided to stop showing the film and transfer its entire censorship file to the Administrative Prosecution to punish the agency
Then he issued Resolution No. 220 of 1976 regarding the tightening of the basic rules for censorship of artistic works, a decision that filmmakers considered a crime against Egyptian cinema, as the most important provisions of its provisions were the prohibition of all scenes, movements and expressions of sexual significance, the prohibition of dance scenes,
Not displaying the crimes of revenge and taking revenge, not displaying suicide, and not displaying social problems in a way that calls for spreading despair in the hearts of the masses. As for the oversight body, its head “Etidal Mumtaz” was referred to the pension and transferred, along with 14 others from the body, to the Supreme Disciplinary Court on charges of gross breach of job duties.
