The Night of Counting the Years
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1969-01-27
Runtime: 102 mins
Director: Shadi Abdel Salam
Writer: Shadi Abdel Salam
Spoken language: العربية
Genres: Drama, History
Original title: The Night of Counting the Years
Production Companies: Merchant Ivory Productions, General Egyptian Cinema Organisation, Egyptian Ministry of Culture
Production Countries: Egypt
Cast
Ahmed Marei
Nadia Lotfi
Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Mohamed Nabih
Mohamed Morshed
Shafiq Nour ElDein
Ahmed Khalil
Mohamed Khairy
Ahmad Anan
Ahmed Hegazi
Helmi Halali
Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Gaby Karraz
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