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March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

A Beginning And An Ending (1960)

— 126 min - Drama - 31 October 1960

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A film that portrays the lives of the members of an Egyptian family: three brothers, their sister Nefeesa and their mother after the father’s death. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif

Stars:  Omar Sharif, Farid Shawqi, Amina Rizk, Sanaa Gamil, Salah Mansour, Abdel Khaleq Saleh, Kamal Hussein, Amaal Farid, Hamed Morsi, Mohamed Hamdy, Shushu Ezz ElDein, Mokhtar Hussein, Samia Roshdy, Hussein Ismail, Thuraya Fakhry

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February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Saladin the Victorious (1963)

— 186 min - Drama, War, History - 25 February 1963

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The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Stars:  Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi, Salah Zulfiqar, Laila Fawzy, Hamdy Ghaith, Laila Taher, Omar El-Hariri, Hussein Reyaad, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Zaki Toleimat, Tawfiq ElDekn, Mohamed Hamdy, Mohamed Sultan, Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Sami Lotfy, Ibrahim Emara, Salah Nazmi, Ahmed Loxer

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February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Jamila, the Algerian (1958)

— 123 min - Drama, History, War - 9 December 1958

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Jamila, an Algerian girl who loves her homeland, joins the nationalist movement to liberate her country from French occupation. Based on the life of Djamila Bouhired, who was arrested and tortured by the French Algerian government, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef El Sebai

Stars:  Magda ElSabahi, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfiqar, Rushdy Abaza, Zahret ElOla, Kariman, Farida Fahmy, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Fakher Fakher, Salah Nazm...