The Devil of the Desert

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The Devil of the Desert (1954)

Directed by Youssef Chahine

“I'LL KILL HIM WITH A KNITTED FROND!”

Adventure · 1h 30m

Essam, a young bedouin who discovers the cruel tyranny of his ruler after people from his tribe are unjustly murdered, decides to overthrow him.

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Cast

Omar Sharif Essam Mariam Fakhr Eddine Dalal Lola Sedki Shaden Tawfiq Al-Deqen Hanzala Reyaad ElQasabgy Battah Hamdy Ghaith Zayyah Aziza Helmy Thurayya Ferdous Mohamed Dalal's Mother Salah Nazmi Tameem Adly Kasseb Abdel Ghani Qamar Governor Zubaid

Crew

Director
Youssef Chahine
Screenplay
Hussein El-Mohandess, Youssef Chahine
Director of Photography
Alevise Orfanelli
Original Music Composer
Fouad El-Zahry

Details

Original title
شيطان الصحراء
Release date
1954-12-27
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Adventure
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Egypt
Production
Aflam Dr. Al Eshary