The Night of Counting the Years

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The Night of Counting the Years (1969)

Directed by Shadi Abdel Salam

“The day when the years are counted”

Drama, History · 1h 42m

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.

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Cast

Ahmed Marei Wannis Ahmed Hegazi Brother Nadia Lotfi Zeena Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim Mother Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq Uncle Mohamed Nabih Murad Shafiq Nour ElDein Ayoub Mohamed Khairy Kamal Ahmad Anan Badawi
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Gaby Karraz Maspero Antic Melkior Jacques Larson Mohamed Morshed Stranger

Crew

Director
Shadi Abdel Salam
Writer
Shadi Abdel Salam, Alaa El Deeb
Director of Photography
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Original Music Composer
Mario Nascimbene
Editor
Kamal Abul Ela
Producer
Roberto Rossellini, Safwat Mustafa

Details

Original title
المومياء
Release date
1969-01-27
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama, History
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Egypt
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation, Egyptian Ministry of Culture