Lieutenant Colonel Ismail / Zarif — The fox and the chameleon Character Profile

About Lieutenant Colonel Ismail / Zarif

Colonel investigating Naji Barakat's murder. After learning about Naji's connections to five women from Aziz in prison, he interrogates them to identify the killer and recover the stolen jewelry bag.

Lieutenant Colonel Ismail / Zarif — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Farid Shawqy

Appears in

The fox and the chameleon (1970)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Lieutenant Colonel Ismail / Zarif — Professional Investigator — waitress at Sheraton (Rawya Ashour)

  Zarif uses the waitress's medical and personal records to build his case.

• Lieutenant Colonel Ismail / Zarif — Professional Investigator — Nashweh the bird seller (Seham Fathy)

  Zarif probes Nashweh's relationship with Naji to trace his final movements.

• Lieutenant Colonel Ismail / Zarif — Professional Investigator — Camellia (Nahed Sherif)

  Zarif treats Camellia as a key suspect due to her direct financial motive.

• Lieutenant Colonel Ismail / Zarif — Professional Interrogator — Aziz (Ibrahim Khan)

  The lead investigator uses the imprisoned accomplice as his primary source of information.

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More characters from The fox and the chameleon

• Camellia (Nahed Sherif)
• Naji Barakat (Adel Adham)
• Aziz (Ibrahim Khan)
• Amira (Nadia Al Gendy)
• Nana (Habiba)
• prisoner (Tawfiq Al-Deqen)
• Nashweh the bird seller (Seham Fathy)
• assistant criminal (Kanaan Wasfy)
• prison sergeant (Samir Waley Eldein)
• waitress at Sheraton (Rawya Ashour)
• Department Sergeant (Fayek Bahgat)