Execution Of A Dead Man 1985

In 1972, Mansour, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, an aide to Tubji and a collaborator with Israeli intelligence, is arrested and sentenced to death. The Egyptian Intelligence Service notes his close resemblance to officer Ezz al-Din and assigns Ezz to assume Mansour’s identity to infiltrate Israeli circles and gather information on the Dimona nuclear reactor.

Mansour trains Ezz extensively on his behavior, personality, and lifestyle, except his relationship with a woman named Poussi. Ezz then enters Israel posing as Mansour. Poussi begins to suspect his true identity and attempts to expose him to Abu Juda, a representative of Mossad. She claims that he is not the real Mansour. However, her efforts fail, and Abu Juda kills her.

After Ezz completes his mission, Mansour’s father learned his identity and informed Abu Juda. He asked that Israeli intelligence secure his son’s return. Egyptian and Israeli services then arranged a swap: three Israeli pilots and Mansour were exchanged for Ezz. At the prisoner exchange site, Sheikh Massa’d Tubji kills his son to cleanse the shame of betraying the homeland.