The Night of Counting the Years

01/27/1969

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1hr 42min

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Drama

,History

The day when the years are counted

STORY

Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ahmed Marei
  • Nadia Lotfi
  • Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq
  • Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
  • Mohamed Nabih

    Directors

  • Shadi Abdel Salam
  • Roberto Rossellini

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Merchant Ivory Productions
  • General Egyptian Cinema Organisation

    Production Countries

  • Egypt

LANGUAGES

  • Arabic

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