Film

The Night of Counting the Years

1969 · 1h 42m · Drama · History

The day when the years are counted

IMDb

7.7

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.

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

Gaby Karraz

Maspero

Antic Melkior

Jacques Larson

Mohamed Morshed

Stranger

Abdelmonen Aboulfoutouh

Uncle

Ahmed Khalil

First cousin

Helmi Halali

Second cousin

Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Third cousin

• Shadi Abdel SalamDirector · Writer
• Alaa El DeebWriter
• Roberto RosselliniProducer
• Safwat MustafaProducer
• Abdel Aziz FahmyDirector of Photography
• Mario NascimbeneOriginal Music Composer
• Kamal Abul ElaEditor
• Sayed AlyCasting

Release date

January 27, 1969

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama, History

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