Directed by:
Youssef ChahineCinematography:
Ahmed KhorshedComposer:
Fouad El-ZahryVOD (1)
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A melodrama about a young agricultural engineer who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Chahine’s sixth film in four years would become his second film to be selected for the Cannes competition. Released two years after the Egyptian revolution, traces of neo-realism are detected in Chahine’s first socially-conscious work, one that openly discussed the growing rift between the decaying aristocracy and the rising working class. It also features the screen debut of Egyptian film icon Omar Sharif. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Faten Hamama
Egypt
Best movies:
The Blazing Sun (1954)
Omar Sharif
Egypt
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Zaki Rustum
Egypt
Best movies:
The Blazing Sun (1954)
Hamdy Gheith
Egypt
Best movies:
The Blazing Sun (1954)
Saladin and the Great Crusades (1963)
The Devil of the Desert (1954)
Farid Shawqi
Egypt
Best movies:
The Blazing Sun (1954)
Cairo Station (1958)
Alexandria... Why? (1979)